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Old 31-12-2011, 01:13 AM   #1
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Smile Clarkson Insults Indians in TG Christmas Special in India.

CONTROVERSIAL TV personality Jeremy Clarkson has again been accused of racism after a Top Gear Christmas special in India.

Viewers vented their frustration after the special saw Clarkson mocking the dress of Indian dignitaries, driving around slums in a Jaguar fitted with a toilet and making repeated jokes about the country’s trains, food, history and conditions.

Clarkson boasted the specially modified toilet-car was “perfect for India because everyone who comes here gets the trots”, the Daily Mail reported.

To see the inflammatory pictures from Top Gear’s Christmas special go to the Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ia.html?ITO=so
"Whats wrong with the BBC that they think casual racist stereotyping is acceptable on top gear?” Twitter user Owen Hathway wrote.

This is not the first time Top Gear has been embroiled in a racism row with comments made during an earlier Mexican special resulting in an apology by the BBC to the UK’s Mexican ambassador.

Co-presenter Richard Hammond made the insulting comment that a Mexican sports car reflected the “lazy, feckless and flatulent” national characteristics of its country of origin while James May described Mexican food as "sick with cheese on it".

Clarkson directly insulted the ambassador, predicting that they would not get any complaints because "at the Mexican embassy, the ambassador is going to be sitting there with a remote control, snoring."

The outraged ambassador - Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza - wrote to the BBC branding the comments “vulgar”, “inexcusable” and said they were “xenophobic” designed to “stir bigoted feelings against the Mexican people” resulting in a formal apology from the broadcaster.

It’s been a hard year for Clarkson with the host receiving 21,000 complaints for his comment that striking public sector workers 'should be shot' while their families watched.

I love Jeremy, he makes my day..what a boring world itwould be without him !!

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