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He's a self-professed football fan who surely can't have been unaware of the regular monkey jibes directed at black players over the years. To post an image of a monkey as part of a gag about a mixed-race child born of two parents who, it is fair to say, had a load of subtle and unsubtle online discussion about them is fucking idiotic.
I do like Danny Baker. He's funny and smart. But... We're both the same age and both football fans from childhood. I cannot believe he's never been at a match in the '70s and seen fans throw bananas onto the pitch and make monkey noises when a black player got the ball or trotted near the touchline close to opposition fans. He's a Millwall supporter and they have form for having some racist fans.
To pretend he didn't understand it was offensive just doesn't wash. I'd be surprised if he actually was a racist himself - but I cannot believe he didn't realise how it would be taken by others.
What's far more disturbing to me is how many people are defending him. Lots of comments along the lines of "Can't we have a joke in this country any more?. Not jokes like this we can't.
It was a tasteless, thoughtless 'joke' - without any redeeming features whatsoever. The first mixed-race baby in the Royal Family and that's a valid image?
Unbelievable.
But what pours petrol on the flames is his 'class-warrior' type defense - 'you could hear the suits knees knocking', really?
Years ago, I used to enjoy listening to him (haven't for quite some time now) - I enjoyed his chat and wit, but how far up your own jacksie do you need to be to think this is deserving of anything other than 'I completely stuffed up I'm sorry' I just don't know.
It was never funny, any era - it was just tolerated before, but before was 40+ years ago - idiot!
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I don't think for a moment it was meant to be racist, it was some kind of dig at the royal family - or the side of them we get to see - being like a circus.
But he's clever enough - as he never shies away from telling us - to realise how it might be interpreted. It only needed a moment's thought.
And he couldn't resist saying "guessing it was my turn in the barrel" (edit: plus numerous other digs at "the suits", I see). That's pretty graceless.
Found the story online, Danny saying it wasn't meant to be racist but realising but was ill thought through and seemingly accepting of the boot. Wisdom given to HFD as a summary.
I was listening to a thing yesterday about Nigel Farage and his dog whistle anti semitism. I don't know how far you can stretch the credibility of quite clever people being offensive and then saying oh no I didn't mean it.
EDIT: I've obviously read his comments in a more benign tone than other people have! But I won't miss him off the TV and as a public sector employee I'd have got the sack ( or a high level of warning anyway) for doing that so I'm fine with the BBC making that decision.
Think he is particularly unfunny and unpleasant anyway .........no time for people on tv or radio / media that delight in being badly spoken and sounding ignorant.......Danny Dyer etc etc .......no wonder so many children are illiterate.
Really BBC ? Had it been a major BBC star then .... lets hide it under the Jimmy Saville Carpet
Ps-I've now looked and it's actually quite a cute baby.
We cannot remotely joke, suggest, or imply anything that slightly offends the PC brigade... or there will be righteous, absolute consequences.
Scary where it will all lead us in the future...
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I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd