Yes, I agree. Classic example of deliberate
race baiting.
Here is the full conversation, as recounted by Ms Headley (Fulani):
Lady SH: Where are you from?
Me: Sistah Space.
SH: No, where do you come from?
[
At this point, Headley should've responded that her parents were
African/Caribbean, but that she was born in Britain after they migrated
here. This would of course cleared up and answered SH's legitimate
enquiry, but Headley chose to bait SH in order to elicit—she hoped—a
racist response, by playing dumb.]
Me: We're based in Hackney.
SH: No, what part of Africa are you from?
Me: I don't know, they didn't leave any records.
SH: Well, you must know where you're from, I spent time in France. Where are you from?
Me: Here, the UK.
SH: No, but what nationality are you?
Me: I am born here and am British.
SH: No, but where do you really come from, where do your people come from?
Me: 'My people', lady, what is this?
SH: Oh I can see I am going to have a challenge getting you to say where you're from. When did you first come here?
Me: Lady! I am a British national, my parents came here in the 50s when...
SH: Oh, I knew we'd get there in the end, you're Caribbean!
Me: No lady, I am of African heritage, Caribbean descent and British nationality.
SH: Oh so you're from...
—Apparently Headley was able to remember
verbatim exactly the words spoken
by both herself and SH after the event? Seriously? I call bullshit. It was a setup.