When Sajid Javid revoked Begum’s citizenship, what he was saying was “Go back to where you came from.”



It is a sentiment that so many children of immigrants have experienced throughout our lives, and the reason why I have never been able to confidently call myself British.

I knew if I did say I was British, sooner or later someone would tell me I wasn’t. And people have told me I’m not. Often. And so have our government, who have aggressively said as much with the Brexit campaign and Windrush, and so on.

People of colour have always been pretty good at humour during times where our mental health is taking a beating.



Taking the piss out of Sajid, replaces being debilitatingly anxious and depressed for a week.