Sunak Recalls Racism Growing Up and Lacking Minority Role Models as Britain's First Hindu, Indian-Origin PM
• Rishi Sunak experienced racism as a child and was sent for extra drama lessons by his parents to help him speak without an accent to "fit in" • Sunak made history in 2022 as Britain's first Indian-origin Prime Minister • Sunak is the youngest British PM in 210 years and the first Hindu PM of Indian heritage • Sunak shared how his mother wanted him and his siblings to not speak with accents and to "speak properly" • Sunak says any form of racism is unacceptable, though he didn't dream of an ethnic minority PM as he lacked similar role models growing up