stevensfo wrote:I thought it was just very funny and was perplexed at the 'racist' tag at first. How on earth is it racist? Surely this speaks volumes about the people who first started squeaking about it. I'm not a great watcher of the Royals so may be a bit out of date, but I have never, ever thought for one millisecond about Harry's bride in terms of race. So for me, the picture was funny. If there are people who equate a chimpanzee to human races with more melanin in their skin, then they are complete idiots and are indirectly fueling racism.
Steve
You really must live under a rock.
But, for reference, try watching almost any football match with black players. Do you think the bananas are thrown as a convenient mid-match snack? Do you think only black players get hungry mid-match?
(note: DB is a rabid football fan, supporting Millwall I gather, where they have had quite a few racism issues)
"If there are people who equate a chimpanzee to human races with more melanin in their skin, then they are complete idiots and are indirectly fueling racism."
I think you will find these complete idiots are directly and *knowingly* fuelling racism, it is their actual intention.
See also the Daily Mail comments section under the item on the birth of the royal baby - comments such as "good jobs it's nice and pale" and "pink enough for me" were the ones the DM LEFT, so god only knows what was moderated away.
Then add in all the ghastly speculation that Meghan was using a surrogate so the baby would be "white enough" and really, the issue of the tweet is one of context.
I have no idea if DB is himself racist (and let us not pretend we don't all have unconscious bias) but the tweet certainly had racist connotations which his employer could not support. I know he IS sexist though. I've heard enough of his drivel on the radio to find him pretty unpleasant.
His response was pretty unpleasant too. I've watched an interview with him on his doorstep where he tries to defend it but is fairly incoherent in his responses and he calls on Occam's Razor as his defence, which doesn't really work in the situation.
But I expect I just don't have a sense of humour and don't understand his bants. Or something. I don't really care if he was sacked or not though, I wasn't even aware he was still 'at large'!
Mel