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Nigel Farage And 8 Other People Who Still Think Casual Racism Is OK In 2014

9 People Who Still Think Casual Racism Is OK In 2014
Ryan Barrell
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Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) enjoys a pint of beer at a pub in South Benfleet, England, Friday, May 23, 2014. UKIP, Britain's anti-European party has made big gains in local elections, taking votes from both the governing Conservatives and main opposition Labour Party. It's a strong performance for the U.K. Independence Party, which advocates pulling Britain out of the EU and stopping the unfettered right to entry of European citizens. With about a third of results declared Friday from voting for 161 local authorities, UKIP had almost 100 seats, well over its predicted total of 80. Britons also voted Thursday in European Parliament elections. Those results will be announced Sunday along with tallies from 27 other EU countries. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Warning: this article contains graphic racial slurs, because otherwise it would just be full of stars.

When one of Ukip's candidates had to stand down after using the word "chinky", they blamed it on the side effects of his medication. The media made fun of it and moved on, as usual.


But that didn't stop perennial self-parody Nigel Farage from bringing it up again on LBC, defending the casual racism.


The Ukip leader claimed that such terms were acceptable if you grew up on a council estate. Right.

Here's eight more people who don't really get this whole 21st century thing.

8 People Who Think Casual Racism Is OK
Jeremy Clarkson(01 of08)
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Seemingly stuck in 1945 when his behaviour would be considered a bloody good romp, Jeremy Clarkson was at the centre of two race rows this year after using the term "Slope" in an episode of Top Gear and singing a not-so-politically-correct version of eeny-meeny during filming. (credit:Samir Hussein/WireImage)
Malky Mackay(02 of08)
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Former Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay was at the centre of a fairly big storm as his private texts were revealed, in which he managed to offend pretty much everyone.

Malky's defence for his casual racism? "It's all just banter, really." (credit:AP Photo/Bogdan Maran)
Dave Whelan(03 of08)
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Wigan boss Dave Whelan came under fire for hiring Malky Mackay as the team's manager due to Mackay's history of casual racism. But it turns out, Whelan was just as bad.

While defending his appointment of Malky, Whelan managed to offend Chinese and Jewish people, while also making it clear that he didn't really understand why anyone was pissed off.

He even used the phrase "some of my best friends are Jewish and Chinese" during a shoddy attempt at apologising. (credit:Dave Thompson/EMPICS Sport)
Rupert Murdoch(04 of08)
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Media mogul Murdoch, who owns 20th Century Fox, stuck his foot in it while defending Ridley Scott's decision to make a film about Egypt using an entirely white cast.

When accused of white-washing history, he tried to justify it by saying "all the Egyptians I know are white". Infallible logic there, Rupe. (credit:Dennis Van Tine/ABACA USA)
Mario Balotelli(05 of08)
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Trouble-magnet Mario was charged by the FA after posting an incredibly offensive joke on Instagram.

Balo thought it would be OK because he's black and his mum is jewish, but it turns out it wasn't OK. Because people still found it offensive. Funny, that. (credit:AP Photo/Fabrizio Giovannozzi)
Toni Duggan(06 of08)
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Somehow this England Women's international footballer never got the memo about blacking up being totally not OK. (credit:Instagram)
The London School Of Economics(07 of08)
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Someone at LSE accidentally sent out a test email to thousands of students - 30% of whom are Asian - addressing them as Kung Fu Panda. (credit:Oli Scarff via Getty Images)
Tom & Jerry(08 of08)
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Tom & Jerry cartoons now carry a racism warning on Amazon due to the portrayal black domestic maid Mammy Two Shoes.

Amazon said: "Such depictions were wrong then and are wrong today." (credit:Dave J Hogan via Getty Images)
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