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Old 02-02-2011, 12:18 PM #1
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Thumbs down Top Gear lads make racist remarks about Mexicans

On Sunday night’s episode of Top Gear, which can still be seen on the BBC iPlayer, Hammond was discussing a Mexican sports car and suggested that vehicles reflect the national characteristics of the country they are from.

He added: ‘Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat.’
He also referred to Mexican food as ‘refried sick’ while May said it was ‘like sick with cheese on it’.


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I bet he would not have said it about Nigerians?
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It was so funny watching that they knew they would get complaints...

But yet again more publicity for the show which is great too.
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lmao I heard that and thought, he's surely going to get some complaints over it!
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lmao I heard that and thought, he's surely going to get some complaints over it!
how would you have been if he had said irish instead of mexican?
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how would you have been if he had said irish instead of mexican?
well It's Jeremy Clarkeson, I wouldn't have been surprised that's for sure! Probably not very happy though!
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Mexican is not a race. The majority of Mexicans are white.

On another recent episode he said a lot about Australians too, you don't hear the Aussies screaming "racism!!!" do you?

Do they even show Top Gear in Mexico? I doubt it.
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That is some very stereotypical stuff he said really. I wouldn't see it as racist.
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That is some very stereotypical stuff he said really. I wouldn't see it as racist.

You ain't Mexican
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Mexican is not a race. The majority of Mexicans are white.
On another recent episode he said a lot about Australians too, you don't hear the Aussies screaming "racism!!!" do you?

Do they even show Top Gear in Mexico? I doubt it.
???

Racism can still happen to white people.

But meh, I don't take anything Top Gear says seriously, they are joking around. People need to stop being so cautious and feeble. If he was saying it in a nasty manner in which he meant it then fine, complain, but good lord, people need to get over it.

People bring up English stereotypes and say stuff about our food all the time. Where are the people complaining about that?
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Racism can still happen to white people.

But meh, I don't take anything Top Gear says seriously, they are joking around. People need to stop being so cautious and feeble. If he was saying it in a nasty manner in which he meant it then fine, complain, but good lord, people need to get over it.

People bring up English stereotypes and say stuff about our food all the time. Where are the people complaining about that?
I don't think anyone is actually complaining about it tbh
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Racism can still happen to white people.
So your saying white people (top gear) are being racist against white people (mexicans).

That makes no sense.
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So your saying white people (top gear) are being racist against white people (mexicans).

That makes no sense.
You know what he means, I don't even know what the word is to mean against another country, is it xenophobia?
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Well the word "racist" caries a lot of weight. I don't think it should be used when it's not applicable. Racist and Pedophile are basically the worst accusations you can make against someone. People shouldn't be throwing words like that around willy nilly IMO.
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Well the word "racist" caries a lot of weight. I don't think it should be used when it's not applicable. Racist and Pedophile are basically the worst accusations you can make against someone. You shouldn't be throwing words like that around willy nilly IMO.
well, say he had made the comment about an African country like Nigeria for example, would you then consider that racist because they are a different race? even though imo it's the exact same thing
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well, say he had made the comment about an African country like Nigeria for example, would you then consider that racist because they are a different race? even though imo it's the exact same thing
No, as i pointed out before they have said horrible things about plenty of other nationalities, such as American, or Australian.

If he said Black People are lazy and sheet, then it would be racist, if he said Nigerians are lazy and sheet it's not racist.

Black people are a race. Nigerian is a nationality.
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ok fair enough though I stand by the thought that everyone knew what he meant by racism
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ok fair enough though I stand by the thought that everyone knew what he meant by racism
And i stand by the thought that people shouldn't throw out such a loaded word so easily.

Racism is associated with things like the KKK lynchings, South African Apartheid, and Nazi Germany. If you use the word "racism" it should be in an appropriate context.

To use it in cases like this dilutes the word.
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Hammond is a c0ck. I thought everyone knew that. Does anyone in the world take him seriously? He's like a forty year old man with the wit and the haircut of an eight year old.
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Oh it was Richard Hammond said it?, I thought it was Jeremy, he must be taking lessons :/
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It was a joke. People need to get over it and stop complaining over something so amateur.

It was not done in a malicious way so I don't get the complaints?

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It's not like we even have many Mexicans in this country God knows who complained
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lol I'm sure there are some Mexicans living in the UK
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plus Top Gear is watched in other countries besides the UK
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