[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

He knows though Rustic, he did the very same thing to our (ex)Taoiseach 2 years ago who has an Indian parent and he got plenty of backlash then as well

In which case he SHOULD know better...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Aye, it’s entirely possible that he doesn’t know the name of the newly elected most powerful woman in the world, definitely

Doesn't know her name but knows her heritage

[SherzyK]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Doesn't know her name but knows her heritage

Exactly

[Ammi]

Kamala Harris: NI peer Lord Kilclooney told to apologise for 'offensive' tweet...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-54874541

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

Kamala Harris: NI peer Lord Kilclooney told to apologise for 'offensive' tweet...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-54874541

The Stubborn Old Peer
will not

[Ammi]

The British peer who referred to US vice president-elect Kamala Harris as “the Indian” has been condemned by Joe Biden’s former special adviser.

Jon Wolfsthal, a former special adviser to the president-elect, said Lord Kilclooney “should be ashamed” of his racially-charged remark – reminding the life peer that Ms Harris “is American”.

It comes as the Speaker of the House of Lords, Norman Fowler, demanded the peer apologise for tweeting: “What happens if Biden moves on and the Indian becomes President.”

The Speaker said: “Lord Kilclooney should retract and apologise. This is an offensive way to refer to anyone, let alone a woman who has just made history. The comment is entirely unacceptable and has no place in British politics.”


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b1720226.html

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

The British peer who referred to US vice president-elect Kamala Harris as “the Indian” has been condemned by Joe Biden’s former special adviser.

Jon Wolfsthal, a former special adviser to the president-elect, said Lord Kilclooney “should be ashamed” of his racially-charged remark – reminding the life peer that Ms Harris “is American”.

It comes as the Speaker of the House of Lords, Norman Fowler, demanded the peer apologise for tweeting: “What happens if Biden moves on and the Indian becomes President.”

The Speaker said: “Lord Kilclooney should retract and apologise. This is an offensive way to refer to anyone, let alone a woman who has just made history. The comment is entirely unacceptable and has no place in British politics.”


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b1720226.html

Yes, good point here, it's almost like he was attempting to "take her down a peg or two"

[Oliver_W]

You'd think he'd know better, racism against the Irish was within his lifetime , and long before.

If he couldn't remember her name he'd be better off saying "the woman" or "the vice president"

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

You'd think he'd know better, racism against the Irish was within his lifetime , and long before.

If he couldn't remember her name he'd be better off saying "the woman" or "the vice president"

Oliver he is an Ulster Unionist, he identifies as British not Irish

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Oliver he is an Ulster Unionist, he identifies as British not Irish

oops I didn't know that!

That's crazy though, he's literally not British, Britain is the "island" of England, Wales, and Scotland...

[Liam-]

I fail to see how it’s possible for someone to know her racial background but not her name, he did a racism and he’s trying to backtrack

[Jake.]

If he has Twitter, he has access to Google. All he had to do was take 10 seconds to find out her name. Instead, he chose to be a pig. No excuses.

[GoldHeart]

Sadly you can't apply logic to ignorance

[Jigs]

This ugly fool sounds so pressed UGH the power of Kamala Harris striking fear into all men

[LaLaLand]

Disgusting.

[Niamh.]

I've deleted a number of posts in here for a number of reasons including Baiting, Trolling, Arguing, Insulting and just general OTT comments. Some posts that were deleted were not breaking any rules but may have quoted a post that did

[arista]

That Old Peer
did not know her name
so said "The Indian"


He does not have time to find her name?

[Amy Jade]

Originally Posted by arista

That Old Peer
did not know her name
so said "The Indian"


He does not have time to find her name?

That is bull**** and honesty you should be ashamed of yourself for brushing it off. If he doesn't know her name then say vice president.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

If he doesn't know her name then say vice president.

Well exactly... referring to someone by their race if you don't know their name is a terrible excuse for racism, in that... it is itself quite a racist thing to do.

He didn't even say "The Indian lady" or whatever, using it as an adjective, he used it as a noun - "The Indian". The tone and intent is quite clear.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Well exactly... referring to someone by their race if you don't know their name is a terrible excuse for racism, in that... it is itself quite a racist thing to do.

He didn't even say "The Indian lady" or whatever, using it as an adjective, he used it as a noun - "The Indian". The tone and intent is quite clear.

Yeah and he clearly knows a bit about her for him to be able to refer to her as Indian, I don't think anybody would assume she was Indian/of Indian heritage by looking at her so I don't believe for one minute that he didn't know what her name was

[Ammi]

...I feel as though it was also intentionally dismissive of her gender...he didn’t refer to Biden as ‘the American’...and that’s based on his own explanation of why his reference was as it was...Joe had a name, Kamala didn’t...and then he added a layer of racism...

[bots]

there are plenty people in foreign governments that i have no idea what their names are, and protocol always dictates that you refer to them by their title. Like the secretary of state, foreign secretary, PM, President or whatever

[arista]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

That is bull**** and honesty you should be ashamed of yourself for brushing it off. If he doesn't know her name then say vice president.

Thats what the Old Peer
has stated.

He does not know her name


So "Indian"
is enough for him.


He is living in the past.

[Tom4784]

He claims not to know her name but knows she's part indian, despite the fact that anyone who didn't know much about her might be mistaken in thinking that she is black instead of mixed race....

He's a racist making excuses and people are trying to enable him by buying into his bull****.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

He claims not to know her name but knows she's part indian, despite the fact that anyone who didn't know much about her might be mistaken in thinking that she is black instead of mixed race....

True, I even knew plenty about her in terms of politics and that she was mixed race but couldn't have told you that she was part Indian before this thread. It's clearly something that has stood out to him about her, and that probably speaks volumes in itself.