Imagine if a black MP argued that working-class kids should be taught with strict academic rigour. That fathers should play a more prominent role in the lives of their sons to curb the crisis of masculinity. What party would you think this black MP represents? The Conservative Party, you probably assume. But that would be wrong.
In an interview with the Guardian this week, Festus Akinbusoye, Britain’s only black police and crime commissioner and a Conservative, argued that “when you look more closely at the values of African and Caribbean communities, they actually align more with Conservative values than otherwise is [assumed]”. Although the article doesn’t explicitly spell out what he claims these values are, I think he means things like the importance of stable families, religiosity and a strong work ethic.
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