Fired: British mother who sought a white cab-driver to protect her child
We read:
"A BBC radio presenter was fired after making "completely unacceptable" comments about Asian taxi drivers, the broadcaster said today. Sam Mason, 40, asked a Bristol cab firm not to send an Asian driver to pick up her daughter because "a guy with a turban on is going to freak her out." The phone operator recorded the conversation and passed a copy of it to The Sun.
Today, the BBC confirmed it had fired Mason, but would not say which taxi firm made the complaint. A spokesman said: "Although Sam Mason's remarks were not made on-air, her comments were completely unacceptable and, for that reason, she has been informed that she will no longer be working for the BBC with immediate effect."
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In Britain, all people from the Asian subcontinent (India) are commonly lumped together as "Asians" but that is misleading. Sikhs (who wear turbans) and Hindus are quite law-abiding but Muslims, particularly from Bangladesh, are disproportionately engaged in criminality, with some notorious cases of young white girls being targeted in various ways. It was undoubtedly the Muslims that the mother was fearful of. But in Britain that reasonable fear is forbidden.
8 comments:
Another clear sign of a dying nation.
Great! So now a person cannot even attempt to protect their children from possible abuse w/o being fired?
Saying that your 14 year old daughter would be "freaked out" is not a concern for the safety of the daughter.
There is a way to "protect" children if you feel they are in danger from a company.
Don't hire the company.
Its that simple. If you don't want to support your irrational fear that all people unlike yourself are out to do you or your daughter harm, then don't patronize those companies. Don't put it on the company to make decisions based on race when such decisions are clearly against the law.
The BBC had a right to fire her when she brought them into the conversation with the cab company.
Quoting the article, Mason told the cab company supervisor:
"I work at the BBC. I'm far from racist and that uneducated woman has no right to call me one."
The moment she brings her status of working for the BBC into the conversation as some sort of added weight to her position or opinions, the BBC has the right to respond and take action. The moment she uses her status and then attacks a person on the other end of the line for no reason other than the dispatcher was following the law, she has outlived her usefulness in a corporation.
We'll never know whether she is a racist or a bigot, but her comments reflect negatively on her employer, and because of that, they have the right to fire her.
OK, so, maybe I've missed something here, but, precisely and exactly, WHY is it "UNDOUBTED" that it was the <*_Muslims_*> who frightened Mum?
Someone is fired from their employment for a completely private expression, unrelated to their employment, about their concern for their children???
When will the intrusion of workplace mores into private lives end?
Someone is fired from their employment for a completely private expression, unrelated to their employment, about their concern for their children???
Please read the cited article again.
The cab company made the complaint to the BBC because the woman brought the BBC into the fracas.
If the woman had not mentioned the BBC, I would agree with you that her termination was unjustified. However, when she brings the BBC into it and attempts to use her status within the BBC as a club to beat over the head and berate a dispatcher, the BBC is well within their rights to terminate her.
When will the intrusion of workplace mores into private lives end?
When people stop using their status within the workplace outside of the workplace and within their private livesm that's when.
"The cab company made the complaint to the BBC because the woman brought the BBC into the fracas."
GOOD POINT,
She should have told the cab company she was Gordon Brown's private secretary!
Sorry, but ANY Muslim needs to be viewed with caution. And if he or she is a "good" Muslim, you had better watch your back.
Ha Ha. I just thought it was funny for someone to want to avoid shitty Asian drivers. (Different meaning in the states obviously.)
After reading the story I am laughing even more. I love it when the liberal P.C. predators cannibalize one of their own.
- The Human Racist
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