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Old December 18th, 2019 #62
Stewart Meadows
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UK TV network bans ‘uppity’ as RACIST after ONE viewer complaint over Meghan Markle criticism


24 Nov, 2019

British TV network ITV has reportedly banned the word ‘uppity’ following a total of one viewer complaint that the word is racist after a presenter used the term to describe Meghan Markle.

TV host Eamonn Holmes criticized the Duchess of Sussex’s attitude during her attendance at the Wimbledon tennis tournament in July after her security team told people not to take photographs of her.

“If you have an uppity attitude, you're only through the door two minutes and suddenly you’re sitting at Wimbledon and your royal protection are saying, ‘No photographs, no photographs!’” Holmes said on the This Morning show.

His comment prompted one lone viewer to complain to both broadcasting watchdog Ofcom and the station’s head of diversity that the word is racist, the Daily Mail reports.
https://www.rt.com/uk/474225-meghan-...ty-banned-itv/