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In May 2016, Huq became the subject of some [[antisemitism]] allegations. Huq suggested that Labour, if elected to government, should apologize for Britain's role in crating the [[nation state]] of [[Israel]] in 1948.<ref>[https://cfoi.co.uk/labour-mp-rupa-huq-we-could-say-sorry-for-creating-israel/ LABOUR MP RUPA HUQ: “WE COULD SAY SORRY FOR CREATING ISRAEL”]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2016/05/08/labour-mp-say-sorry-creating-israel/ Labour MP: ‘We could say sorry for creating Israel’]</ref>

In May 2016, Huq became the subject of some [[antisemitism]] allegations. Huq suggested that Labour, if elected to government, should apologize for Britain's role in crating the [[nation state]] of [[Israel]] in 1948.<ref>[https://cfoi.co.uk/labour-mp-rupa-huq-we-could-say-sorry-for-creating-israel/ LABOUR MP RUPA HUQ: “WE COULD SAY SORRY FOR CREATING ISRAEL”]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2016/05/08/labour-mp-say-sorry-creating-israel/ Labour MP: ‘We could say sorry for creating Israel’]</ref>

Rupa Huq described Black British UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng as "superficially black",<ref>[https://www.gbnews.com/news/labour-mp-appears-to-claim-kwasi-kwarteng-is-superficially-a-black-man/371148 Labour MP appears to claim Kwasi Kwarteng is 'superficially a black man']</ref> adding that "if you hear him on the Today Programme, you wouldn’t know he is black." These racist remarks were roundly condemned in the UK. Conservative political commentator Rev. Calvin Robinson said that Huq’s statements exemplified "racist tropes which are increasingly popular amongst the hard-Left” that “a person’s skin colour should determine their thought process, their politics and their opinions".<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/09/27/leftist-mp-slammed-for-saying-uk-chancellor-is-only-superficially-black/ Left Wing Racism: MP Suspended After Calling Chancellor Kwarteng Only ‘Superficially’ Black]</ref> Even far-left Muslim London mayor [[Sadiq Khan]] condemned the remarks as racist, saying that it implies that "all black people speak a certain way and all black people are working class".

On 27 September 2022, Rupa Huq described Black British UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng as "superficially black",<ref>[https://www.gbnews.com/news/labour-mp-appears-to-claim-kwasi-kwarteng-is-superficially-a-black-man/371148 Labour MP appears to claim Kwasi Kwarteng is 'superficially a black man']</ref> adding that "if you hear him on the Today Programme, you wouldn’t know he is black." These racist remarks were roundly condemned in the UK. Conservative political commentator Rev. Calvin Robinson said that Huq’s statements exemplified "racist tropes which are increasingly popular amongst the hard-Left” that “a person’s skin colour should determine their thought process, their politics and their opinions".<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/09/27/leftist-mp-slammed-for-saying-uk-chancellor-is-only-superficially-black/ Left Wing Racism: MP Suspended After Calling Chancellor Kwarteng Only ‘Superficially’ Black]</ref> Even far-left Muslim London mayor [[Sadiq Khan]] condemned the remarks as racist, saying that it implies that "all black people speak a certain way and all black people are working class".

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