Anita Rani: People think it is OK to imitate Indian accent in front of me (Ian West/PA)BBC presenter Anita Rani has said that people have thought it was “OK to imitate an Indian accent” in front of her as she talked about the struggles she has faced in her career. I’ve hated being put into boxes my whole life.”She said that there would be “ridiculous things all the time” in relation to her race, “such as people thinking it’s OK to imitate an Indian accent in front of me”. Rani added: “And things have happened at work, too. Anita Rani (Steve Parsons/PA)“Ask any ethnic, black or Asian person who works in any big industry – we just know we have to work a bit harder. We just have to keep ploughing away.”Journalist and broadcaster Rani has appeared on several BBC TV and radio programmes, including Watchdog, BBC Young Dancer, Who Do You Think You Are?

Source: Irish Independent March 31, 2020 08:26 UTC