London: Following recent comments she made about grooming gangs, the UK's home secretary has come under fire for allegedly being racist. She has responded by stating that she only spoke the "plain truth."

Suella Braverman, the home secretary, came under fire after her newspaper column appeared earlier in April and she referred to grooming gang members as "groups of men, almost all British-Pakistani," according to The Independent.

As quoted by the media, Braverman claimed that "accusing me of racism for speaking plain truths distorts the meaning of the term and does a great disservice to all of us working to combat racism."

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She asserted that speaking "plain truths" is not racist, but she added that the majority of British-Pakistani men are not sexual abusers. In order to refute the accusations and defend herself against charges of racism, Braverman claimed that she had briefly considered pretending to be a caller to a radio station.

She claimed to be quoting Margaret Thatcher in The Spectator when she wrote: "Last week, a radio show had a phone-in asking listeners to debate whether I'm a racist... I considered calling in under the guise of Margaret from Fareham to advise the home secretary to take heart from the words of another Margaret: "I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

In 2020, the government released a review that revealed members of child grooming gangs came from a variety of backgrounds. The review, which was ordered by the Home Office, found that the majority of group child sex offenders were white men under the age of 30.

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"To say that the vast majority of offenders in towns like Rotherham, Telford, and Rochdale were British-Pakistani and that their victims were white girls is not to say that most British-Pakistanis are sexual abusers," Braverman continued in her column.

The former is true, and because of it, authorities were hesitant to address the problem. The latter is a lie, and to speak of it would be shameful bias. I am aware that people will question my motives because that is the lot of politicians. However, there are some boundaries we must not cross. Nothing can be racist if everything is.

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In addition, Braverman attacked Labour for the party's leader Sir Keir Starmer's criticisms of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's law and order strategy as well as Starmer's claim that "99.9 percent of women" lack male organs.