Veteran British broadcaster Danny Baker was fired on Thursday by the BBC after using a racist picture of a chimpanzee holding the hands of a couple in a tweet, tagged with the caption “royal baby leaves hospital”. The now deleted tweet, which has been circulated on social media, showed a black and white picture of a well-dressed couple holding hands with a chimpanzee dressed in clothes with the caption: “Royal Baby leaves hospital”. Meghan, whose mother is African-American and father is white, has been the target of racist commentary on social media in the past. The tweet was seen as a racist reference to baby Archie’s heritage. After an initial backlash on social media, Baker said: “Sorry my gag pic of the little fella in the posh outfit has whipped some up.

Source: The Telegraph May 09, 2019 20:03 UTC