Diane Abbott: Political icon or Angry Black Woman?

A recent article entitled; ‘If only Diane Abbott had a job! Then we wouldn’t all have to describe her as “Corbyn’s former lover”’ by Maya Goodfellow for the Independent discussed Telegraph newspaper headlines which refused to name Diane Abbott, instead referring to her as “Jeremy Corbyn’s ex-lover”. Goodfellow labelled these headlines as ‘racist’ and ‘sexist’… but I’ve seen much worse.
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