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Originally Posted by Paul
Well that depends on why they were appointed.
If they were appointed to deliberately be "non white", thats a problem.
If they were appointed because they are the best person for the job, and happen to be non white, then I dont see an issue.
Some sites making a point about it does however seem like typical woke signalling.
I had not noticed, or given it a second thought until the BBC made a point of mentioning it.
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That they got the chance to be appointed to cabinet is probably due in part to
David Cameron's positive discrimination initiative. How Truss then decided who to appoint as her ministers is probably being saved for her autobiography.
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Taking credit for the current diversity on offer, Mr Cameron said that after he was elected leader of the Conservative party in 2005 he resolved to change the overwhelming majority of white candidates in the political party.
After putting a freeze on selection of Conservative candidates, Mr Cameron said he drew up a “priority list” where half would be female and a large proportion from ethnic minorities.
Mr Cameron said that his push for “positive discrimination” was “hard to swallow” for those on the right of the party and it faced “forceful” opposition.
Nevertheless, he said that his “pitch” was for “positive action” to “accelerate meritocracy” and that over the years, an increasing number of women and people from ethnic minorities entered a space that had been traditionally unwelcoming.
The former leader said that by 2010, the Conservative party had almost four times the number of female MPs and that in 2015 there were six times as many MPs from ethnic minorities.
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