Must not congratulate brown people on their tan

A jocular friend of mine once congratulated an Indian man on his tan.  The Indian man took it in good part

Coleen Nolan has divided viewers after she was accused of making a racially insensitive comment to Katie Price's son Harvey on Loose Women.

Harvey, of mixed race, was on the show earlier today (Tuesday, April 11) as the topic turned to Katie's "fight against online bullies" – but some of the focus instead fell on Coleen.

Katie and Harvey had been on a holiday to the Maldives, and Janet Street-Porter asked Harvey if he'd had a good time.

Coleen then caused a bit of controversy by saying: "You're looking very tanned and lovely and refreshed."

Although nobody on the show seemed fussed by the comment, some viewers at home were unhappy.

"Did Coleen just say that Harvey was nice and tanned? Oh god, she'll be kicking herself about that one later," said one Twitter user.

But others defended the panellist, saying that the whole thing has been blown out of proportion.

"How ridiculous!" said a different Twitter user. "Racism is discriminating against someone because of their ethnicity, not making an observation that someone's caught the sun."

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