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UNITY: Why are black relationships ignored?

BNP NIGHT on Question Time left many wondering if there ain’t no black in the Union Jack. One thing is certain - we are the haircuts of the nation. We are afros. Afro-Caribbean. Justice Minister Jack Straw says so. And so does Lib Dem Chris Hoon.

To the delight of the racists in the Question Time studio, here was evidence that we are considered to be no more relevant than a short back and sides.

And, as if that wasn't bad enough, the Lib Dem spokesperson actually went so far as to suggest that we should be accepted as Britons because so many of us are in interracial relationships.

This idiot actually thinks that he's going to win votes and influence people by saying that?

The fact that he ran for leadership of that party shows what the Lib Dems are thinking: marry a white person and you're one of us.

Of course, there will be those who hear Chris Hoon and run as fast as they can to the first caucasian they can find – any white will do. Because if the hype is to be believed, the brightest hope in any black man's life is the one that leads down the aisle to a white wedding. Yeah, right!

Are the long-established and successful black marriages in this country any less valid in the argument against the racists? Do the 30 years that Met Police superintendent Leroy Logan and his beautiful wife Gretel have been married count for less than the half of black people (if you believe those statistics) who are married to white partners that Chris Hoon holds up proudly as a factor in the race debate?

What about the 20 years that Angie Le Mar has been with her man? Or the 15 years that Sky TV news presenter Gillian Joseph has been with her husband?

Why are these relationships never highlighted? And why does the 50 percent of black people who choose to have relationships with white people always have to be dragged up as a badge of OUR achievement in this multi-racial society?

I'm sorry, Mr Hoon, it may be an achievement for YOU, but when we marry a white person we don't all feel like we've won the Lottery.

Who we choose to marry – white, black, brown... or green for that matter – only goes to show that WE don't have a colour problem.

Published: 02 November 2009
Issue: 1396

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