UK Home Secretary recounts experiences of racism

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel rejected claims me by opposition on Monday that British government h igred racial discrimination by describing her own personal experiences of racial and religious prejudice. During an exchange in Commons, Patel, Britain's first Home Secretary of Indian origin, recounted experiences at school in which she h been referred to as a 'Paki.' She also referenced a recent cartoon in British newspaper Guardian which characterised her as a bull with a ring through its se.

Patel h been responding to Labour MP Flo Eshalomi, who asked if government understood anger that led to destruction of statue of 17th-century slave trer Edward Colston, which was pulled down by protesters in Bristol on Sunday. "I will t take lectures from or side of House. I have alrey said repeatedly re is place for racism in our country or in society," said Patel. pulling down of 18-foot (5.5 meter) bronze statue during a Black Lives Matter protest on Sunday has sparked a debate in Britain about racism, history and memory.