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Nels Abbey (@nelsabbey) is a British-Nigerian (Itsekiri) writer, broadcaster, media executive and satirist based in London. Prior to moving into media, he worked in financial services principally for the US investment mammoth BlackRock. This article highlights the state of journalism in the U.K. following the "ghostwriting" of articles in @dailymail fronted by Black women who were paid. _____________________ It is a sad aspect of public life that a quick route to success and notoriety for minorities in the UK is to express the most reactionary opinions imaginable. Witness Kwasi Kwarteng randomly and needlessly blurting out slavery apologia on Piers Morgan’s show, or the careers so far of Priti Patel and Suella Braverman. They will have their own views as individuals, but at the same time powerful people and institutions are aware of how useful it is to have their own prejudices mirrored, rendered acceptable, laundered perhaps by a minority voice, with the effect that it ostensibly shields them from criticism. That regrettable effect is particularly concerning when a doubt is raised as to whether the views, as presented to the public, are a true reflection of honestly held opinion or a distortion designed perhaps to further advance the toxic culture wars. A couple of weeks ago, the young rightwing commentator Dominique Samuels, who is Black, claimed on X (formerly Twitter) that the MailOnline had asked her to be “the face of a ghostwritten, negative, verging on racist piece” about the Notting Hill carnival last year. Samuels also claimed that a Daily Mail article from 2021 with her byline, about racism accusations by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, against the royals (“This clash of the royals was about culture … NOT colour”), was in fact ghostwritten for her, although she says it did broadly reflect her opinions “at the time”. {Link in Bio} #BlindianProject ______________________ #blindian #blasian #journalism #journalistblackface #journalist #thisisengland