Greg Clarke, the chairman of the Football Association had to resign after forgetting we are no longer in the sixties and referring to “coloured” football players. He was by no means alone in his terrible use of language: the BBC aired the N-word before the watershed; Britain has a prime minister who described Commonwealth citizens as “piccaninnies;” and it was just last year that member of parliament Angela Smith got so tongue-tied she created the new category – people of a “funny tinge.” No matter the black squares or BLM empty promises the truth is that neither mainstream politicians, public figures or institutions are comfortable talking about diversity. It is about time heads started to roll for the continued ignorance. But for all the absurdity we have witnessed, James Cleverly, Conservative Party MP (surely one of the least appropriately named people of all time), managed to trump them all when he spoke for all “BAME people” in defence of chancellor Rishi Sunak.
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