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. A member of the House of Lords has been accused of racism for referring to US vice-president elect Kamala Harris as “the Indian”.
Life peer Lord John Kilclooney, 82, a former Ulster Unionist MP from Northern Ireland, was criticised after he used the term in a tweet about the Harris on Monday. He tweeted: “What happens if Biden moves on and the Indian becomes president. Who then becomes vice-president?” Harris was born in Oakland, California. Her late mother was from India, while her father was born in Jamaica. She made history on Saturday when she became the first woman – and first woman of colour – to be elected US vice-president. Labour MP Wes Streeting said that “action must be taken” over the life peer’s “unacceptable racism”. ...full article... https://uk.yahoo.com/news/house-lord...140147143.html |
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