[Ammi]

. A member of the House of Lords has been accused of racism for referring to US vice-president elect Kamala Harris as “the Indian”.

Life peer Lord John Kilclooney, 82, a former Ulster Unionist MP from Northern Ireland, was criticised after he used the term in a tweet about the Harris on Monday.

He tweeted: “What happens if Biden moves on and the Indian becomes president. Who then becomes vice-president?”

Harris was born in Oakland, California. Her late mother was from India, while her father was born in Jamaica.

She made history on Saturday when she became the first woman – and first woman of colour – to be elected US vice-president.

Labour MP Wes Streeting said that “action must be taken” over the life peer’s “unacceptable racism”.

...full article...

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/house-lord...140147143.html

[Ammi]

[Niamh.]

I mean how intelligent are these people, he actually tweeted that ****? What a moron, a disrespectful racist moron

[Cherie]

oh dear me

[arista]

Yes she can become President

The Old peer is a Fool.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

Oh he really doesn't like Indians it seems, he made a similar comment about our Leo in 2018 :/

I like Leo's response to it though :

“I had thought it was a parody account, but seemingly it is not,’’ he added.

“It is for real…that is all I will say about it.’’

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Oh he really doesn't like Indians it seems, he made a similar comment about our Leo in 2018 :/

I like Leo's response to it though :

“I had thought it was a parody account, but seemingly it is not,’’ he added.

“It is for real…that is all I will say about it.’’

...I mean, he’s not going to address his prejudices is he...in his eighties..he is what he is now..?...so what really can be said in response other than Leo’s....

[arista]

Was just on BBCnewsHD

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...I mean, he’s not going to address his prejudices is he...in his eighties..he is what he is now..?...so what really can be said in response other than Leo’s....

No most likely not, it's just making the whole house of Lords look bad though

[Niamh.]

One of the best replies to his tweet :

John is disapointed that an Orangeman is leaving the Whitehouse

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

One of the best replies to his tweet :

John is disapointed that an Orangeman is leaving the Whitehouse

...yeah, I loved that one...such a perfect response.....

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

One of the best replies to his tweet :

John is disapointed that an Orangeman is leaving the Whitehouse

[Liam-]

Fred Elliott isn’t doing too good these days

[Shaun]

there really needs to be an age limit on the HoL... at least "no one whose views are from 1886" anyway...

[joeysteele]

Ulster Unionist, enough said.
They mostly possibly have very dubious views of others in my view.

[Ammi]

...’I didn’t know her name..’...

[Ammi]

...he withdrew his reference because it had upset people....it wasn’t his reference, it was the upset people, of course...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...’I didn’t know her name..’...

load of bollox, he knew very well what he was doing, he used the same sort of excuse when he called Leo a "typical Indian"

[Crimson Dynamo]

Im confused she is half indian and half jamaican by her parents?

Maybe he did not know about her father

storm in a teacup

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by DouglasS

He’s in his mid 80s.. is there really any need or purpose to point out someone elderly on their looks? People age... deal with it

I think he was joining in with the racial profiling rather than being ageist.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...’I didn’t know her name..’...

You would think google didn’t exist or something or literally ANY news article relating to the election for that matter.

[Liam-]

Aye, it’s entirely possible that he doesn’t know the name of the newly elected most powerful woman in the world, definitely

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Aye, it’s entirely possible that he doesn’t know the name of the newly elected most powerful woman in the world, definitely

i bet if you went to any high street in the UK and asked 100 people about 5 would know

maybe less

[DouglasS]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I think he was joining in with the racial profiling rather than being ageist.

I don’t think that is the case at all personally

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i bet if you went to any high street in the UK and asked 100 people about 5 would know

maybe less

Maybe more than 5...maybe 55. Not everyone is interested in American politics.

However...he should have just referred to her as the Vice President Elect if he didnt know her name.
Im not making excuses but its an generation that were ignorant to racial terms. My dads 90 and he uses a word when he is pointing someone out to me at football...he isnt racist and I have told him its not a phrase he should be using in this day and age but he forgets. Sadly its just the era they grew up in.
However...this guy in his position should be called up for it and he should really know better. Unacceptable.