The BBC has removed a clip of Question Time host Fiona Bruce referring to a 'black guy' in the audience from the broadcast uploaded to iPlayer, apologizing for any offense caused.
While working as a presenter at Sky TV 15 years ago, I wanted to thank one of the production crew who had been particularly helpful on my evening show.
This episode came back to me this week, following the outcry over presenter Fiona Bruce referring to a member of the BBC Question Time audience as 'the black guy in the middle'. On social media, Left-wing ideologues were out in force: Bruce soon stood accused of deploying a horrendous racial slur in referencing Gocan by his skin colour while identifying white members of the audience by what they were wearing.
I am also sure that if I — a black woman — had been chairing the meeting and referred to Gocan as 'the black man', this would have passed unremarked. So what is the etiquette around racial descriptors? It seems unfortunate to have to ask the question, but such are the times we live in. In most normal situations, it's perfectly acceptable to describe somebody as black, or any other colour, provided you are remarking on their appearance and not their personality. It only becomes an insult in a context whereby the user is trying to cause offence or, worse still, align someone's race with their character.
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