Miriam Margoyles In Hot Water After Using Highly Racist Term To Mixed Race Actor

[Addison Rae 18,224]

yikes…she has always made off colour and socially awkward remarks, this isn’t surprising 

[StrawberryBlond 15,643]

To many, she's a loveable eccentric. To me, she's always been irritating and says things purely for attention and gets away with saying outrageous things because the eccentricity's a great excuse. For example, everyone laughed on Graham Norton when she told a story about giving hand relief to a man in a tree (which people only found funny because of her age, if it were a young woman, they'd be horrified) and she poured a drink can over a guy who wouldn't give his seat up for her on a bus (some disabilities can't be seen). I always found her stories to be ridiculous. This is the perfect example of how she just says whatever comes into her head without the slightest thought for how it sounds or reads the room. To ask someone "what are you?", proceed to guess their race and then assume the race of their parents individually is unspeakably rude regardless of what your intention is. You'll notice that everyone always seems too stunned to speak or laughs it off. I just think they don't know how to deal with an old eccentric woman. Which is why it's allowed to continue.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - elderly women don't know how cheeky they are. I've heard them say stuff that would get you punched if you said it in the wrong company. God forbid they ever end up in prison. 

[Helxig 45,549]

Y'all she obviously didn't mean it in a bad way   she's just old. She needs to learn the right way of saying it. Or to not even bring it up at all. Miriam Margoyles is a pretty open minded person about all kinds of people, she's not a racist

[Main Pop Girl 50]

9 hours ago, gagzus said:

She’s been like this for years tbh. I mean she does learn though when people call her out, like the time she went to I believe it was Africa and met some trans women when before she didn’t believe people could be trans. If they called her out she does show she learns.

It was Australia...not every group of black people you see live in Africa 

I suppose Miriam isn't the only horrible racist being exposed today 

[Ladle Ghoulash 55,192]

3 minutes ago, Main Pop Girl said:

It was Australia...not every group of black people you see live in Africa 

I suppose Miriam isn't the only horrible racist being exposed today 

Right, so gagzus misspeaks and now they’re a horrible racist. Very good and intellectually serious stuff. 

[nATAH 57,677]

1 hour ago, Main Pop Girl said:

It was Australia...not every group of black people you see live in Africa 

I suppose Miriam isn't the only horrible racist being exposed today 

what a disgusting thing to say