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Brits Prove Race Is Not The Issue That It Is In America
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Brits Prove Race Is Not The Issue That It Is In America

Why can't American conservatives be led by a person of color with gravitas?

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Jim Buie
Oct 25, 2022
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So Rishi Sunak is the new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party and the nation’s second youngest prime minister, at age 42. He is the first person of color and the first Hindu to lead a European state in modern times. He seems to have gravitas. 

My first thought as an egocentric American is to ask why British Conservatives are so keen on breaking glass …

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