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A BBC presenter has been fired for telling a taxi firm not to send an Asian driver to pick up her daughter.
Sam Mason, 40, told a cab operator: “A guy with a turban on is going to freak her out.”
<span style="font-weight: bold">Mason:</span> “I know this sounds really racist, but I’m not being . . . please, don’t send anyone like, you know what I mean. An English person would be great, a female would be better.”
<span style="font-weight: bold">Operator:</span> “We would class that as being racist. We can’t penalise the Asian drivers and just send an English one.”
Sam Mason, 40, told a cab operator: “A guy with a turban on is going to freak her out.”
<span style="font-weight: bold">Mason:</span> “I know this sounds really racist, but I’m not being . . . please, don’t send anyone like, you know what I mean. An English person would be great, a female would be better.”
<span style="font-weight: bold">Operator:</span> “We would class that as being racist. We can’t penalise the Asian drivers and just send an English one.”
