Former cupboard minister Sajid Javid has mentioned Trevor Noah is “merely fallacious” in claiming Rishi Sunak skilled a racist “backlash” after turning into the UK’s first British-Asian Prime Minister.
In a video posted on Twitter from his US satirical information programme The Each day Present, presenter and comic Noah alleged there have been folks saying “now the Indians are going to take over Nice Britain”.
Addressing the accusations, former chancellor and well being secretary Mr Javid reshared the clip and wrote: “Merely fallacious. A story catered to his viewers, at a price of being utterly indifferent from actuality.
“Britain is essentially the most profitable multiracial democracy on earth and pleased with this historic achievement.”
Responding to Noah’s “backlash” feedback, a Downing Avenue spokeswoman mentioned: “I’ve not requested the Prime Minister about that. However you heard the phrases within the Home (of Commons) on Wednesday with regard to the Prime Minister and also you’ve additionally seen phrases from different world leaders and response to his appointment as Prime Minister.”
When requested whether or not Mr Sunak believes Britain is a racist nation, the spokeswoman added: “No he doesn’t.”
In Noah’s monologue, which was titled “Unpacking the backlash in opposition to new UK PM Rishi Sunak”, he mentioned: “Watching the story of Rishi Sunak turning into England’s first Prime Minister of color, of Indian descent, of all these items after which seeing the backlash is among the extra telling issues about how folks view the function that they or their folks have performed in historical past.
“And what I imply by that's this, you hear a variety of the folks saying ‘Oh, they’re taking up, now the Indians are going to take over Nice Britain and what’s subsequent?’
“And I at all times discover myself going ‘So what? What are you afraid of?'”
He continued: “You see folks like Tucker Carlson (America Fox Information host) on a regular basis saying ‘ what they’re attempting to do? They received’t cease till black folks and ladies are in positions of energy’,… so what?”
He added: “Why are you so afraid? And I feel it’s as a result of the quiet half lots of people don’t realise they're saying is ‘We don’t need these individuals who have been beforehand oppressed to get into energy as a result of then they might do to us what we did to them.'”
Beneath the video, which has greater than 850,000 views, social media customers additionally questioned Noah’s feedback with some accusing him of “projecting” American views on race on to Britain.
Historian, creator and podcaster Tom Holland additionally responded to Noah’s claims, writing: “As ever, the lack of American liberals to know the world past the US in something however American phrases is a factor of marvel.
“(The chance of the right-wing occasion within the US selecting a Hindu as its chief is, I might agree, successfully zero.)”
Mr Sunak was born in Hampshire, south-east England, to Indian migrant dad and mom – a pharmacist mom and a GP father – and is married to Akshata Murty, the daughter of billionaire Indian IT big Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy, with whom he has two younger daughters Krishna and Anoushka.
When he was appointed as Prime Minister on Tuesday, the 42-year-old grew to become the UK’s first Hindu PM, the primary of Asian heritage and the youngest for greater than 200 years.
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