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Black people suffer from a stereotype that they have to be Left-wing, according to the author of a race report castigated by the Left.
Tony Sewell, chairman of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, said the 'race industry' was unable to accept that not all black people had the same views.
He published a controversial report last year that concluded Britain was not an institutionally racist country.
Earlier this week the Mail revealed he had had the offer of an honorary degree from Nottingham University rescinded as a result of the debate around the report.
Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch said it was an example of how ethnic minorities can be 'silenced'.
Dr Sewell, who was appointed commission chairman by Boris Johnson in June 2020, argued in his report that strong families and belief in success rather than victimhood were the best way forward.
Tony Sewell (pictured), chairman of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, said the 'race industry' was unable to accept that not all black people had the same views.
'There is an issue here about a black person being able to have a range of views the race industry may not be comfortable with,' he said.
'There's almost a
