Alan Sugar racist?
juliancarswell
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2446088/Lord-Sugar-faced-police-racism-probe-joking-Twitter-crying-Chinese-boy-upset-told-leaving-production-line-iPhone-5.html#comments
Lord Sugar has been investigated by police after being accused of posting a racist Twitter message, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
The outspoken entrepreneur and Apprentice star posted a photograph of a crying Chinese child to 3.2 million Twitter followers, joking that the youngster was upset after being told off for leaving Apple’s iPhone production line – a reference to the Asian factories where the phones are made.
The tweet prompted a single complaint to the Metropolitan Police from a Twitter user, who referred to the Labour peer as a ‘vile racist’.
I suppose with 3.2 million followers, unless you only tweet vanilla stuff you are always going to upset someone.
But racist?
I would say poor taste.
Perhaps it could be argued that the people who use high value gadgets, manufactured by children in the third world in poor conditions on slave wages without a thought for them that are the racists.
Cute kid in the picture though.:)
Lord Sugar has been investigated by police after being accused of posting a racist Twitter message, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
The outspoken entrepreneur and Apprentice star posted a photograph of a crying Chinese child to 3.2 million Twitter followers, joking that the youngster was upset after being told off for leaving Apple’s iPhone production line – a reference to the Asian factories where the phones are made.
The tweet prompted a single complaint to the Metropolitan Police from a Twitter user, who referred to the Labour peer as a ‘vile racist’.
I suppose with 3.2 million followers, unless you only tweet vanilla stuff you are always going to upset someone.
But racist?
I would say poor taste.
Perhaps it could be argued that the people who use high value gadgets, manufactured by children in the third world in poor conditions on slave wages without a thought for them that are the racists.
Cute kid in the picture though.:)
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I hate to say it, but i'd probably find it quite amusing if Sugar got his legal team to send her a letter informing her she's being sued for libel.
That's probably why they ran the story ..
Isn't he from a Jewish family, maybe he could put in a counter compliant claiming anti-semitism.
Maybe "racism" needs re-defining.
At present I don't actually see any racist intent in what he said, as the same could have been said about any child worker.
I'd say it was more like veiled criticism of a regime which allows child labour.
I'd say the child was attempting the zeleb pout. Urgh.
In what way is it arrogant?
She would fit in quite well on this forum.
The complainants a hottie though, she can complain about me whenever she likes.