Sadiq Khan has been accused of ‘racism’ for promoting initiative for black women

When it comes to the people who hold the most power and resources in society, we know that an overwhelming number of them are drawn from a particular demographic: white men.

So it’s not uncommon for positive action schemes to offer support to underrepresented demographics. However, Sadiq Khan has been met with accusations of “racism” after tweeting about one such scheme.

Using his Mayor of London Twitter account, Sadiq encouraged “young black women aged 17-25” to apply for Black Girl Fest Academy, a creative programme that teaches them how to put on events for their local community.

But many Twitter users accused the mayor or being “racist” in the replies. This is, obviously, absurd.

Do you know what's actually racist? A system that limits the distribution of power and privilege to white men, while largely barring access to other demographics - something Sadiq Khan's detractors ought to bear in mind.

Actually, positive discrimination is a way of helping underrepresented demographics achieve success, within a system that discriminates against them.

Boris Johnson might say he wants to unite the country now that he's won the election, but his past behaviour overwhelming contradicts this.

Here we have the "race and gender are analogous" bad faith argument. No right-minded person believes that you can self-determine your race. Next.

While white women undeniably face discrimination on account of being women, black women encounter it more on account of being both black and being women. The theory underpinning this is called intersectionality and we suggest some of these "racism" accusers look it up.

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