Very quickly commenters chastised him and the headline was changed. This came about because the Washington City Paper's Loose Lips headlined an article with that phrase. I learned yesterday that some - maybe many - African Americans consider the use of the counting rhyme "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" to be racially insensitive. “There is no doubt in my mind that his position is now untenable.Let's see if it is possible to have a civil discussion about a racially-charged topic. He said: “I believe that under the EU’s Race Directive 2000, Clarkson may be in breach of the law because he used discriminatory language in his workplace. Lawyer Mr Davies, who owns legal firm Equal Justice and has previously handled complaints against Clarkson, called for the star to be axed. “All employers and programme makers have policies on discrimination and I would have thought that this kind of language would have been a breach of those and could have led to disciplinary action.” “If it had been brought to the attention of the police, they would have considered whether an offence had taken place and whether it was in the public interest to prosecute. It is sticking two fingers up at what is now considered civilised language.
Speaking about Clarkson’s offensive clip, Solicitor Ms Scott Moncrieff said: “If it had been broadcast then I can well imagine plenty of people might have been distressed by it. “If we had known that at the time we would not have broadcast the word in this context and regret any offence caused.”
“Although it might not be widely recognised in the UK, we appreciate that it can be considered offensive to some here and overseas for example in Australia and the USA. We were not aware at the time, and it has subsequently been brought to our attention, that the word ‘slope’ is considered by some to be offensive. He released a statement which said: “When we used the word ‘slope’ in the recent Top Gear Burma Special it was a light-hearted word-play joke referencing both the build quality of the bridge and the local Asian man who was crossing it. Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman was last week forced to apologise. The use of the word – which is a derogatory term for people of Asian descent – led to complaints and the threat of legal action from Equal Justice, a law firm specialising in discrimination cases. Then, just as an Asian man is seen walking into shot, he added: “But there’s a slope on it.”
Top Gear – which is seen in more than 100 different countries around the world and makes the BBC tens of millions of pounds – recently came under pressure following Clarkson’s “joke” about a Thai man standing on a bridge.ĬLICK HERE TO SEE 10 CLARKSON'S 10 MOST OUTSPOKEN MOMENTS.Īt the completion of a bridge-building task over the River Kwai in Thailand, Clarkson commented to fellow presenter Richard Hammond: “That is a proud moment.” “But this usage may still cause distress within these communities and is also much more likely to cause offence when employed by someone who is not a member of the community in question.” The BBC’s own editorial guidelines state: “Reclamation of the language has led to the term ‘n*****’ being used by some in the black community and terms such as ‘cripple’ are sometimes used humorously or sarcastically by people with disabilities. Clarkson recited the rhyme, but this time used the word “teacher”. In the unaired version – which was later passed to the Mirror – he then recited the rhyme and muttered the n-word before pointing at the Toyota and shrugging: “Toyota it is.”īut in the version aired by the BBC in February 2013, the offensive term was not used.
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