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Dawn Butler MP on white feminism, racism in parliament and Sadiq Khan

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“We've got a government that's trying to gaslight the whole nation to say that racism doesn't exist.”

As the third Black woman ever to be elected as an MP, and then instated as a government minister, Labour MP Dawn Butler has been vocal on the disrespect that Black women face in politics.

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As an outspoken campaigner herself, Butler was criticised in 2021 for calling Boris Johnson a liar in the House of Commons. She was subsequently asked to leave the Parliament grounds that day.

Whilst calling for the former Met Commissioner, Cressida Dick, to resign, she ironically found herself being stopped by the police whilst driving with her friend (who is also Black).

After facing a long battle with breast cancer in 2021, she found inspiration to write her first book, ‘A Purposeful Life’, where she draws on the repeated times she’s been called a liar after facing racism and sexism both in politics and outside of it.

In today’s episode of Ways to Change the World, Dawn speaks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about calling Boris Johnson a liar in Parliament, white feminism in the Labour party and her ambitions to be the next Mayor of London.

Produced by Silvia Maresca.
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