BBC Fires Journalist for Likening Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Baby to Chimpanzee

BBC Fires Journalist for Likening Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Baby to Chimpanzee

A British radio journalist has been fired for allegedly likening Duke of Sussex Prince Harry's newborn baby to a chimpanzee.

Danny Baker, who works for BBC as a radio presenter, tweeted a photo of a chimpanzee dressed in clothes with a caption reading: “Royal Baby leaves hospital.”

The viral tweet, which has since been pulled down, featured a photograph of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee dressed in clothes.

Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, wife of Prince Harry, delivered the baby boy named Archie on Monday morning.

Archie is the first mixed-race child to be born in the British Royal Family. Baker is accused of mocking the Duchess’s racial heritage.

“Just got fired,” Danny Baker, a presenter with BBC Radio 5 Live, says in a tweet. BBC has also confirmed his dismissal.

A BBC spokesperson says: “This was a serious error of judgment.”

BBC says Baker’s tweet “goes against the values we as a station aim to embody... Danny’s a brilliant broadcaster but will no longer be presenting a weekly show with us.”

Comments

Imara Daima (not verified)     Thu, 05/09/2019 @ 04:21pm

Waingereza ni watu wagonjwa sana akilini mwao. Hawamtambui MWUMBAJI MKUU hata kidogo. Ndiyo sababu wana matatizo mengi sana. Wanadharau lugha za watu, mila, chakula, asili ya watu wengine ila wao.

Mtu yeyote anayemtambua MWUMBAJI MKUU hawezi kuwa mbaguzi wa rangi (colorist-racist) au jinsia (sexist). Mambo ya jinsia (gender) na rangi za binadamu ni mambo ya MWUMBAJI MKUU. Yafaa makanisa yote Uingereza yabomolewe kwa sababu makanisa yao ni makao makuu ya kufundisha ubaguzi wa rangi.

Waingereza pia wanawachukia watu walionenepa (fat people). Kwa jumla,hawa ndugu zetu Waingereza na watu wengi wa asili ya Yuropa wana matatizo mengi sana akilini mwao kama yale ya Waingereza.

mkenya halisi (not verified)     Thu, 05/09/2019 @ 06:39pm

@imara true but am sad they don't know they r the devils evils satanist themselves.History says it from colonialism to evading other countries stealing the resources in many so called commonwealth countries??Majority of whites pple r evil racist against blacks

Imara Daima (not verified)     Thu, 05/09/2019 @ 10:53pm

Ndugu yangu @mkenya halisi.

Umesema kweli kabisa. Hawa ndugu zetu hawajui ya kwamba wao ndio mashetani hapa duniani. Shetani ni mtu ambaye:

1. Huja katika nchi yako bila kukuambia.

2. Hunyakua shamba lako na kulifanya kuwa shamba lake.

3. Hukufanya wewe mwenye shamba kuwa mfanyakazi katika shamba lako na kukulipa mshahara mdogo ili ulipe kodi kutoka kwenye pesa ndogo alizokupa.

4. Hukulazimisha kulipa kodi na usipolipa anakufunga katika jela katika nchi yako.

4. Hujenga jela katika nchi yako na kukufunga ndani ya jela hiyo usipofuata sheria zake za kishetani.

5. Hukutenganisha na wazazi wako kwa kukupeleka kwenye shule za bweni (boarding schools) ambazo amejenga ili aweze kukupiga msasa vizuri.

6. Hukufundisha lugha yake kwa nguvu na kukufanya uone aibu (shame) kusema lugha yako ya asili na pia kuwafundisha watoto wako!

7. Hukupa dini ya kigeni ambayo wafuasi wake waliwanunua na kuwauza Wafrika na mpaka sasa wanawadharau Wafrika. Pia, anakudanganya ya kwamba utakapokufa ndipo utakapokwenda kumwona "mungu" wao mwizi na pia wa bandia! Anakupa kitabu cha mila za Wayahudi (biblia) na kukudanganya ya kwamba Myahudi ndiye anayependwa na mungu huyo wao!

8. Hukupiga msasa (brainwash you) kuamini (believe) ya kwamba rangi ya ngozi yako ni mbaya, nywele zako ulizopewa na MWUMBAJI MKUU ni mbaya.

9. Hukuuzia nywele za bandia (wig) na kemikali (chemicals) za kubadilisha rangi ya ngozi yako.

10. Hukuharibia ardhi yako kwa kukupa madawa ya kuharibu udongo (fertilizers) ili akuuzie kemikali za kutia ndani ya shamba lako.

11. Hukufanya upande kahawa na chai katika nchi yako nzuri badala ya kupanda mahindi na maharage, mimea ambayo inaweza kuliwa na wananchi.

12. Hukufundisha kujichukia ili usahau mila zote za mababu zako na kufuata mila zake za ajabu. Mtu ambaye anaweza kukufanyia vitu kama hivi ni "shetani halisi."

Ajabu ni kuwa miaka karibu 56 tangu Mashetani hawa waondoke nchini, tungali tukiwaamini na kuiga tabia zako mbovu mpaka sasa.

Kwa sasa, makosa ni yetu. Ni lazima tusimame kidato na kujenga taifa letu pamoja na kuwaokoa vijana wetu kutokana na dini za kigeni, tabia mbovu za hawa mashetani, na madawa ya kulevya. Pia, ni lazima tuwaheshimu wanawake wetu kwa kupiga marufuku (ban) umalaya, na kuzaazaa watoto ovyo bila kuyalinda maisha yao.

Anonymous UI (not verified)     Fri, 05/10/2019 @ 01:43am

This is not news. Black man has been called all type of names by other nations; chimpanzee ( By Britain) shit-hole (By America); Monkey (By China) and all others. It's time for the black man to rise above this stupidity of lies and name calling. Name calling is just distractions to maintain fake superiority and to keep the Black man at the bottom.
We keep carrying on the lies that are told to us without challenging them. We keep calling the so called "white man" white, when He is not white. He is an Edormite. How do we tell our kids a person is white and a T-shirt is white. He is different shades of red.
We lie when we say our first name. What is first? That name which you were called by before baptism. Even the church lies by telling us, that our first name is the baptism name.
If we separate lies from truth, our world as black people will be real. That is as soon as we stop worshipping and bowing to human beings, thinking they are superior or getting bothered with their lies. We should bow to God and God's law only.
Let us take all these names without being ashamed ; as soon as rise above the petty things of name calling, we will be great and the shame will be on the name caller.
It is black mans time to say no and to speak up when he is lied to. No more advice and no more expertise. Smile when they smile but don't be distracted by their smile. Be ready to support your kids, your family and your people. They have white Jesus, our Jesus is a black man. They are experts in their world, we are experts in ours.

Anonymous UI (not verified)     Fri, 05/10/2019 @ 09:21am

In 1965, the population of the "so called" whites in Kenya was 60,000
In 2019, the population of the "so called" whites is 67,000.
Why not leave what you are calling Chimpanzees alone and stay away from them. Such news of firing one person is just to cement the position they have given themselves of superiority and to seem like they care. Black man need to wake up. From imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, multi-corporations, world order/disorder; the so called "Black Man" has been humiliated, maimed, sodomized, raped,castrated,killed (his culture, and history wiped out); his family destroyed by all other nations, century after century with wars; psychological wars (propaganda) man-made diseases; man-made systems (churches). How many have died under these systems? After all those centuries of suffering under the yoke of another, the only person who can take care of the black man anywhere in the world is the black man himself and his God. No churches, no sympathy, no help, no charitable organizations, no NGO's, no grants, and certainly no loans of any kind. ( these are coded words). All these are lies, pretence and illusions. We must know when you hear help to a black man or nation from other nations, that really means more destruction.
It's time for the black man to find himself and cut his own path and stop anyone who comes to you with words of patronizing and sympathy. If we face the truth, we will be free. Accept the hatred towards us, learn from it and love ourselves,help and encourage one another,and love our families . This is what will build our families.

Maxley (not verified)     Fri, 05/10/2019 @ 12:58pm

Anonymous UI,thank you for elucidating what some of us have been trying to say for a while.
First of all,people should not be referred to by color.
The problem as isee is it that the black man stopped questioning, or probably never even questioned why mzungu undermines him.Questioning would reveal all lies mzungu has piled on him.Questioning would reveal the following;
That no religion Is better than the other
That African names are just as valid as any in the universe
That our skin color should not he a source of shame
That our culture is not inferior
That are capable of shaping our own destiny
That we also contributed in technology/SCIENCE. And most important is that we are all created equal by our creator, despite the appearance of inequality brought about by even men

Imara Daima (not verified)     Fri, 05/10/2019 @ 05:44pm

Ndugu yangu @Maxiley
Ndugu yangu @Anonyumous UI:

Ni bora ninyi wawili mmtumie mkristo (Ruto) mawazo yenu mazuri sana ili aache kuwatupia mafisi (viongozi wa makanisa) pesa na kutumia pesa hizo kuwasaidia vijana kujisikia kuwa ni Wafrika bila kuona haya.

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