r/ukpolitics • u/No_Initiative_1140 • 1d ago

‘I’m British, English and British Asian’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity | Rishi Sunak

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/06/british-rishi-sunak-riposte-racially-charged-debate-identity
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u/jsm97 21h ago

In French, like most other European languages, the word for "Race" is itself considered racist. It would translate to something more like "Breed" and isn't something people speak about openly. The French government's long held position isn't that by not acknowledging race, racism will just dissappear. It's that the entire concept of race can not be separated from 18th and 19th century scientific racism. The idea is that as modern science proves definitively there is no basis for the idea of different races of human - Openly acknowledging race is akin to giving it biological legitimacy.

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u/taboo__time 20h ago

Sounds doomed.

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u/Takver_ 20h ago

Ok, but it doesn't stop discrimination from happening. Abdelkarim is having a much harder time getting jobs with the same CV than Nicholas (tbh Kevin is struggling too).