Many British Pakistanis complained in letters to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over recent remarks made by the Home Secretary Suella Braverman that were “racist, inappropriate, and provocative” against Pakistani males.
Several emails to Sunak were sent by doctors, healthcare professionals, business owners, CEOs, and founders requesting an apology from Braverman, according to Dawn News.
After frequently mentioning “the majority of British-Pakistani males who embrace cultural views entirely at contrast with British principles,” Braverman faced criticism last week.
She said that British Pakistani males “see women in a denigrated, illegitimate manner, and adopt an antiquated and simply horrible attitude to the way we act” in an interview with Sky News.
The presenter of the show also brought up Home Secretary’s remarks that “weak white girls are being targeted by British Pakistani grooming gangs” and that people have been “turning a blind eye out of political correctness,” according to Dawn.
Her remarks drew harsh condemnation on social media, as critics of both Pakistani and non-Pakistani descent called her out for prejudice and politicking a serious subject.
It is inappropriate for the home secretary to employ polarising language that is sensational and contradicts the data from her own department, according to a letter from medical experts.
Crucially, by concentrating on political exhibitionism rather than executing effective action that is evidence-based and calls for a full system reaction rather than singling out one specific ethnic group, it permits these horrible acts to persist.
A letter addressed to the prime minister was also written by the British Pakistan Foundation.
“We are writing to you to express our profound worry and dissatisfaction with the Home Secretary’s recent statements and your silence in response. These remarks focused specifically on British Pakistani guys’ participation in alleged grooming gangs and having cultural norms completely at contrast with British standards, the statement said.
Muslim organisations also voiced their disapproval of Braverman in a letter to 10 Downing Street that Dawn stated included criticism of the home secretary’s remarks.