Nihal Arthanayake should apologise for 'egregious RACISM' over BBC diversity says Leo Kearse

‘He should be quiet, but first he should apologise for his egregious racism!’
Leo Kearse hits out at Nihal Arthanayake as he reignites his controversy over diversity in the BBC.
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[@JohnJohnson-vd2hp]

I went to India in the 1980's and i was shocked at how many Indians lived there ! They were everywhere and i didn't expect that at all ! I don't mind saying it was a real eye opener ! in hindsight though i should have complained 😄😄😄

[@leegould5306]

or stayed at home……

[@normanmacfarlane6724]

Agreed

[@MsMounen]

Yes, perhaps just going into public places and loudly saying things like "not enough white people" or " all this indian culture is making me feel unsafe", or maybe "why haven't you got any Morris dancers? I don't feel represented here"

[@TheRahsoft]

im so sorry to hear that, must have really affected your mental health 🤣

[@JohnJohnson-vd2hp]

@@TheRahsoft It certainly did my mental health went right down hill after that trip to India ! It didn't do my Psychiatrist much good either after he committed suicide and blamed me in the Note !

[@MebXVII]

No, he shouldn't keep quiet. The more he bangs on, the more people will see what a racist he is.

[@user-gv8rb9eq6p]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 exactly.

[@El.Cid17]

It's conscious bias, in his case.

[@loganjames3789]

Exactly. And her response could be viewed as, 'he shouldn't have been so open about his racism. He should mask his bigotry better'.

[@stephenchisholm1014]

BRITISH LAWS should be made clear that comments like this are racist and not allowed. The police should firmly arrest anyone who does this on media or live. LAWS are too soft!!!

[@doddyc]

Nihal doesn’t have to stay at the BBC, he does have the option of finding another more mentally acceptable job, but who else would pay him as much to be depressed?

[@philliphall8792]

He doesn't need to stay in this country either if white people bother him so much...!

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Exactly the reason this racist and self declared "male femminst" wont leave.

[@elinorsmalberger8883]

Bye bye Nihal. Good grief He has come to a WHITE country!!!!!!

[@claudiojunior9618]

That is hate speech. Why hasn't he been arrested?

[@johnhankinson1929]

The BBC and the woke police have spoken with each other and decided he said nothing wrong

[@johngreenhorn8853]

Racism comes in many ways shapes and forms,but for some reason anti white racism seems to be tolerated.

[@cyberleaderandy1]

And defended by other racists like the woman they interviewed

[@codinghusky5196]

"some reason" is that "the white people" aren't prone to landing a fist or jabbing a knife into people who insult us. The sad truth is, non violent people become disrespected people.

[@Wolfep1350]

Imagine if it was said the other way around there would be outrage. He should be sacked he's an out and out racist.

[@cyberleaderandy1]

The woman won't accept that though. She denied it totally

[@normanmacfarlane6724]

Diversity is a weakness

[@superbrush12]

does this lady make her living from racism ??

[@El.Cid17]

She's got a degree in it, shouldn't be allowed on television.

[@PibrochPonder]

Yes probably

[@desres2281]

Absolutely! As does shouty Shola! 😏

[@graemewilliams6697]

Of course she does, they look for racism everywhere otherwise they won't get paid.

[@davidedbrooke9324]

Sacked and deported would be better.

[@rahuldahoob]

Cry more 😂

[@davidedbrooke9324]

@@rahuldahoob why would I be crying at all.

[@dlpjhapppy9714]

He should be made aware of how many people in the UK feel unsafe and anxious because of the looming threat from a terrorist attack AGAIN and how that affects our mental health.

[@spritesheets]

he's a buddhist...

[@pixelfu623]

That and he should move to where his family are from and problem solved.

[@spritesheets]

Essex? @@pixelfu623

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

chill out and have a rum n coconut mon ..

[@Adam-sd2ow]

Arrogant, passive aggressive, Muslims full of bitterness make me feel uncomfortable.

[@lornatodd4750]

That's the idea.

[@sctsh1491]

I urge everyone here to google and read the list of "fatwas" please ...

[@cargumdeu]

Truly, but in this case he's a Sri Lankan, so probably nominally Buddhist.

[@JosephWood1941-iz6mi]

Funny you should say that. Nihal isn't a Muslim He's Buddhist. I suppose you have been brainwashed by watching so much exaggerated and mainly untruthful Islamophobic propaganda online that your brain has been irreparably damaged. Get some help.

[@delfine7163]

Dangerous, attempting to drive us out if the country that is our birthright!

[@Fidelisjoff]

Anti white racism should carry a heavier penalty than any other type of racism as it is directed to the people whose amcestry is here and who you are privileged to live among and in their land.

[@mattfm101]

You mean racism against English people, he isn't English.

[@user-ys8pq5vd3s]

​@mattfm101 No none-white could ever be English, Scots, Welsh, or Irish.

[@mattfm101]

It's a lie leading to the mass genocide of multiple unique groups of people @@user-ys8pq5vd3s

[@leanatale7251]

I'm no racist, infact while at school I was forced to sit next to a Pakistani Muslim, I never complained, just got on with my work, despite the odour!

[@cargumdeu]

@@mattfm101 he means anti white racism, which is why he wrote that.

[@Isclachau]

I think everybody in the UK knows in themselves exactly what type of character Nihal is. We don’t need to say it loud, we all know.

[@darrenowen3338]

Yes we do, but we're forced to pay him £150k a year if we want to watch any live TV in this country.

[@Isclachau]

@@darrenowen3338 Why would you pay it ?

[@jimdavis8391]

Something beginning and ending in 't' with a 'wa' in the middle?

[@madeleine1972]

@@jimdavis8391more like c with the unt

[@mbroitt]

We di need to say it otherwise we'll loose - our country and our culture

[@Fidelisjoff]

Why should any immigrant consider it right in England to think that that he shouldn't be surrounded at work and anywhere else by English people. He can go and live with people like him elsehwere English people can't and we are already estranged from huge parts of our own country due to immigration. We are the victims and need to start saying it aloud. Diversity Inclusion Equality is celebrating the removal of the native people and is pure racism.

[@gumnut6922]

People such as this guy see a non diverse workplace is due to racism whilst putting his ethnic wants ahead of whites which is racist. You cant change "stupid"!

[@rahuldahoob]

He's not immigrant innit

[@kellyrobinson6663]

It hurts my mental state hearing all this hate towards white native English people.

[@cun7us]

Oh diddums, poor you.

[@Richard-Cashisking]

Nihal, like many others,are not happy here. There's a great big world out there so maybe he should go and join the people he feels most comfortable with.

[@samanthamccarthy9765]

Exactly what i said , he has a choice yet he chose BBC , no one forced him, though

[@kn3448]

Exactly. There's plenty of places in the world he could go where people "look like him"! Whites are actually a global minority: approximately 8 billion people on this planet, around sixteen percent are white. That's around 1.2 billion leaving 6.8 billion as "people of colour". There's a scary thought, there are more people on the planet who identify as muslim than there are white people.

[@andyn6266]

He won’t leave,he’s on the BBC gravy train.

[@TaxingIsThieving]

They can never bear living amongst their own. Odd.

[@andrewmayo608]

But he's allowed to get away with it....because of his skin colour.

[@oliveringram3056]

He works for the BBC, nuff said.

[@janpetersen7440]

God knows if Nihal's mental situation has improved now that he has probably made himself even more unpopular among colleagues than before. 🤔

[@MsMounen]

Well it sounded like his plan was to get his colleagues replaced with people who look just like him.

[@janpetersen7440]

@@MsMounen Yes, Nihal is a fine example of multiculturalism being difficult in real life.

[@butzee]

If he lived in his native Sri Lanka he'd be working for a $1 a day so he has an awful lot to be grateful for?

[@BobK5]

That’s if he could find work

[@Adam-sd2ow]

Christians get murdered there and he whines about his cushy job not having enough none white people.

[@jumblestiltskin1365]

He sure would.

[@mikedoncarolis936]

Absolutely right!! I would gladly contribute towards his air fare back, he's clearly very unhappy here and would rather be surrounded by his own kind. Adios you ignoramus.

[@TaxingIsThieving]

Why do you think he envies our culture.

[@Adam-sd2ow]

Saying London is too brown, would get you in trouble, his bitterness against white gets him applauded

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Grifters like that woman love him. Disgusting

[@pixelfu623]

It's definitely been ruined by immigration.

[@mogznwaz]

Although they would be the truth

[@elgun6125]

Racism, is racism. He’s racist. I wouldn’t want to work with him again, if I was his colleague. He’s judging everyone by their skin colour, not their character.

[@roseguber3240]

We should actually start judging them by the content of their character....

[@ruthcollins2841]

This DJ lives in Arnside, Cumbria which is 95.7% white residency, so the person who IS TOTALLY RACIST IS HIM!🤨

[@DilbertWhitehead]

Grifter. The irony that he's now more famous for this than anything else he's done

[@taffy2126]

As he done anything ?🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@soot.2146]

​@@taffy2126yep he did a BBC prog around some lovely areas of Cumbria and Lancashire very rural areas, he has spoilt a good production in my view.

[@spritesheets]

🤔why? @@soot.2146

[@taffy2126]

@@soot.2146 cheers .didnt know who he was until recently.dont watch BBC at all.Get my news from other sources. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Adam-sd2ow]

She isn't taking anti whiteness seriously.

[@shadowbanned1999]

Why would she? They profit from it

[@Eric-qm5xw]

Race grifting …simples.

[@ponynuts101]

She won’t because they love a bit racism against white people

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Shes a grifter like so many and is absolutely smug.

[@pixelfu623]

Aye she dodged the questions. Pathetic woman.

[@TalkingRubbish]

Joanna made no sense to me in this debate. I don't understand her point about pulling the race card?

[@MsMounen]

I thought the 'it's all about the context' excuse was reminiscent of those university governors over in America excusing their students for holding anti Jew rallies on university grounds.

[@paulsmith982]

Once again, I must urge the BBC to let Nihal Arthanayake go. It's approaching cruel and unusual punishment to keep him under such egregious conditions. Free him from his contract and allow him to find work in conditions that suit him. Please, BBC, stop torturing this poor man.

[@insomnijack7528]

So apparently it's okay to say racist things if the BBC are throwing a racism conference for you to be racist at. Got it.

[@-j308]

Yes, that. You're allowed to say there's too many brown people at a KKK rally, just make sure you don't say it outside of your meet. Thems the rules.

[@alexandergeorge2604]

I formally complained to the BBC and the response i received was pathetic to say the least. If anyone white had said the same thing, they would be out of work and in the slammer by sundown.

[@TaxingIsThieving]

Brown privilege. ☕

[@heneganov]

I formally complained as well. Generic stock response from the BBC. I have complained again.

[@heneganov]

Its unbelievable and very unfortunate that the BBC have taken no action. They could have sent a very strong message to all of society that racism of any kind should not be tolerated. Instead, they have publicly supported the stance that racism against whites is acceptable in the UK.

[@nickgodfrey1148]

I don’t think it’s that unbelievable in this day and age. It was after all the BBC who advertised vacancies specifically excluding white people. As a white man, I don’t know what I’ve done, but it seems the payback is never ending.

[@heneganov]

@@nickgodfrey1148 You're right, it's not unbelievable coming from the BBC. It is exactly the kind of nonsense we should expect from them.

[@Susan-hl5ie]

The BBC portrays Isaac Newton as a Indian so what do we expect?

[@nickgodfrey1148]

@@Susan-hl5ie Indian? When did they do that?

[@Susan-hl5ie]

@@nickgodfrey1148 Dr Who !

[@kevinb9830]

Any apology would not be sincere, so he should be sacked. Immediately.

[@jackbrown8052]

Far more diversity in the UK workplaces than in workplaces in India, Pakistan or countries in Africa. How many workplaces in India and Pakistan have whites in the workplaces who are citizens of the country? Same for Africa.

[@uniquevideosUk]

Exactly, we even have call centres that give many contracts to overseas countries, even a taxi office, so he didn't need to leave anywhere to feel mentally ill.

[@seasonedbeefs]

Look at the petrol station forecourts. They only hire their own.

[@pixelfu623]

@@seasonedbeefs Same with slims. Where a family member works two of them bought in and became directors. Now he's one of six white people in a staff of over 60.

[@T5Zplayer]

How can the BBC allow him to come out with this?

[@birdshenanigans8506]

I have one leg, and working with two legged people is very uncomfortable and gets me down...

[@suzistardust]

He must be a barrel of fun to work for.

[@ragingpagan8847]

Bacon buddies on me 😂

[@JPB-zu6wd]

There was a series on the BBC called the " BULL SHITTERS" he would fit in nicely....

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

She should have been challenged and asked to give instances where Radio and or TV presenters claimed an area was to black, as Leo said they'd be suspended immediately.

[@AndrewWilliams-ry6tb]

"No, I didn't say being around brown people makes me feel uncomfortable, I simply said, being in their company affects my mental health". Language can be so nuanced, can't it?

[@rosemariemackenzie4526]

Respect is earned!!

[@andrewelliott4436]

My father was at Monte Cassino. One uncle was evacuated from Dunkirk. Another uncle was a boy sailor on the Russia convoys. And now this ...

[@rahuldahoob]

Cry more 😂

[@andrewelliott4436]

@@rahuldahoob That's a rather sour and unpleasant way of looking at the many lives which were ruined - so that you could be a malignant troll in safety and comfort. May you enjoy the life that your nature deserves.

[@WayneBuckley-cl5cg]

he should be deported.

[@KennethMac1]

NO he should be FIRED

[@stevenham1937]

He could maybe be given the BBC’s diversity figures though that dispute the rubbish he’s talking. Just a thought

[@DoYouHaveAnOpinion]

from a canon

[@adenwellsmith6908]

He should be sacked. He should be prosecuted. He should go down. Pure and simple.

[@yourma2000]

If you were offended by his racist comments, report him to the police. Use their own tools against them.

[@juliancoulden1753]

Thats why I have cancelled my BBC license.

[@paulmunster212]

When has anyone one said “they’re playing the race card” when someone has said something racist? She’s confusing it with people playing the race card when they PRETEND someone is being racist. Two completely different things.

[@pixelfu623]

Correct. Plus she just used it to deflect what Leo was saying and not bothering answering questions.

[@jumblestiltskin1365]

I feel EXACTLY like Nihal. I work in a dept in the nhs with 57 people, there are 4 white men. This changed from the opposite in 10 years. It breaks my mind having to put up with their sickliness, fecklessness, upprofessional behaviour, underqualifications and the fact they think they work in cat food factory rather than a frontline dept in a NHS hospital.

[@PibrochPonder]

I know someone that also has the same experience in the nhs

[@jkkjeldsen8249]

He was at a "diversity conference'? That's hilarious! Says it all....

[@stonemarten1400]

A “victimhood contest”.

[@Signals927]

The race card is being used all the time and it is just the same in the USA give me a break darling.

[@rushdown24]

Every time I go into the corner shop it affects my mental health.

[@sctsh1491]

I urge everyone here to google and read the list of "fatwas" please ...

[@davidcoleman2796]

Try living in Toronto. No one even speaks English downtown

[@sonekiller1234]

If he dose not like it then no one is stopping him from leaving the UK bye bye

[@charliegirl3056]

I've never heard of this person before, but people like him affect MY mental health

[@davidbarnes241]

He should look to George Alagiah for an example of how to conduct himself in public life! Now George was a shining example of decency and integrity, but this vile little man has no clue about how to behave and live life in the public eye!

[@andrewjackson2811]

If I went to India do you think I’m going to complain about being around too many Indians? We say this because we are in England, what is this female guest even thinking😰😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@sikugord03]

If he’s that mard maybe he should quit and go fishing. He’s obviously either very weak minded or mad crazy racist. Cant have it both ways. As for the BBC. I look forward to its total demise into privatisation.

[@neiltomkins4713]

This is getting all to familiar now, two guests ,one ethnic and one white both with different views on race. You can see the reason that race is now getting more and more prominent.

[@TaxingIsThieving]

🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻

[@JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu]

Ethnic does not mean black.😅😅Ethnic Irish are Fenian ,Ethnic Welsh are celts etc

[@uniquevideosUk]

​​@@JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu I did a DNA & was 100% English, it was all the way back to 1600s, I was mostly Yorkshire, Irish, many had to leave 🇮🇪 but seems the only history we talk about here, is another countries, or other cultures, but the reason ppl visit the 🇬🇧 is because of the English culture, like if you wanted to visit India, it's a culture, but these ppl think its acceptable to come to change it to suit one they came from, that is called ignorance, but wouldn't expect any less.

[@justanutherguy2338]

What do we need to do to get Arthanayake out of his job?

[@GaryTaylor-gp2qc]

He's been given permission from media and society to think he can get away with saying anything against whites whilst whites cannot say even a slight against black or asian without condemnation , this can not be right under any circumstances so why is he complaining without seeing the bigger picture here

[@darrenowen3338]

I don't think he's very bright.

[@MrJevman]

Brown privilege

[@rahuldahoob]

Not for our peniises

[@simonwilliams6643]

Racism is Racism regardless of the origin, when we can all accept this, we might be able to move forward as a human society! Long way to go sadly.

[@adf311]

Should be sacked they sacked Clarkson for being offensive

[@leeandrewuk]

Should be fired, so much for equality

[@McDaggart]

how does one go about making a formal complaint to the BBC about him?

[@Adam-sd2ow]

Two wrongs make a right. Wow great take lady.

[@Isclachau]

Two wongs make you white I think you meant

[@robertberry2477]

the fact is he isnt even trying to set the record straight and correct people on "what he meant". so it seems as he is an open racist and not mistaken in any form. if he really hates a white majority country he should i dont know move to a country that feels more in line with his colour

[@scrubsrc4084]

There will be no apologies, no sacking. He was employed originally as a host on the asian inly radio station. Hes benefited from it

[@cbjgdicad1]

What does he want to be, a majority?

[@davidb9835]

He was totally right when he said we should all be treated exactly the same, there should be no special laws for Certain groups of people and laws should be writen to include everyone equally and applied even handedly. I think one of the biggest is the fact that there are laws only effecting some people while others get away with murder.

[@-j308]

Not really though, why should someone who came here 3 years ago illegally be entitled to the same rights and privileges as someone whose family has been paying tax here for 400-500 years?

[@barryevans791]

The BBC should sack him in the same way it would sack a white person who complained about too many asians in the workplace.

[@BobK5]

He makes me feel sick 🤢

[@anthonyferris8912]

I suppose he could always leave the beeb and work in an Indian restaurant.

[@JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu]

Why an Indian restaurant?😂😂😂😂he's Sri Lankan totally separate country like the Republic of Ireland. Having said that I'm not defending his racism

[@anthonyferris8912]

I assumed he was British.

[@anthonycraig1458]

Why do certain people feel they have to be represented? Can't they just accept they are a minority? There's nothing wrong with being a minority, sometimes it's just a fact.

[@stonemarten1400]

Everyone is actually in a minority of one.

[@leelee9788]

If you can't say it the other way around it shouldn't be said at all.

[@stevewall3246]

Sack him

[@MsMounen]

Basically, Nihal's going all in. He's a Johnny Brass.

[@Viewpoint.888]

I’m Sri Lankan, not British, or living in the UK. Probably from Nihal’s surname, I guess he is of Sri Lankan descent. As a Sri Lankan, his remarks are shameful for all the Sinhalese. because he should know, whether he likes it or not, UK is the ancestral white people’s country. And if Nihal is not comfortable living with white people, he should go somewhere where there are no white people, rather than embarrassing the Sinhala people internationally. I think this Nihal guy is brainwashed by Woke leftist education. Also, I think the true British people should rise against these kinds of leftist racist fools.

[@rahuldahoob]

Tamil power

[@markchawner1586]

You could have put your Mortgage on exactly what she was going to come out with .... No room for any alternative .... 😎

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

I was going to pick him up on "effected" but you got there first. 😂😂

[@DarkWhite1]

Pretty sad it jumped right out at me too.

[@madmaxsdog8040]

No doubt all the stress will dissappear when he gets the massive pay rise he's angling for😂

[@jamiewoods7733]

And the black woman was talking absolute bollocks

[@davidcoleman2796]

But she is hot . Lol

[@leodoherty5304]

I would feel ashamed if I was only given a job to get a box ticked. Disgusting!

[@haroldpearson6025]

I lived and worked in development aid as an engineer in 6 different African countries from 1969 to 1992, mostly as a lone English man. Loved it😅

[@rahuldahoob]

Because of white privilege

[@cbjgdicad1]

Why are we even discussing this in our own country? We need to grow a pair.

[@shingitai5882]

The people who work with him should complain to HR that he is blaming them for their skin pigmentation for creating a toxic work environment.

[@CamKeg66]

Oh and London isn’t English anymore. The BBC held a survey some years ago and asked “Londoners” if they were English. The majority said no.

[@Slumbert]

Let's have a antidiversity conference...

[@lesliehall7683]

If I worked in that office I would be extremely offended

[@susanwiltshire1458]

I work in the NHS I was the only white nurses they would not being my into their conversation as I did not talk in their own language I was so segregated at work

[@lindastone6868]

I stopped funding the BBC, and have no wish to see, or hear any of their presenters. How can you feel lonely when you have an invisible friend?

[@ewanmcintyre7909]

He's also guilty of overuse of elipses...there should only be three, he's used four! 😂

[@bexsta7766]

How can I take him to court for slander? I watch certain channels, but that does not make me racist.!!! I Hever have been and never will be!!!

[@karenlee7711]

Yes he should just shut up .or go live somewhere else .were he feels welcomed

[@janeregan2930]

It’s obviously how he feels, so yes he did wake up and think it

[@rogerfield4521]

Transfer him to BBC India for his own mental health.

[@Militaryuniforms]

send these to Rawanda , double face burden on BBC

[@JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu]

It's Rwanda and he's not illegal so in your dreams

[@tommytippy4448]

well said LEO

[@wewhofly]

Why does Diversity demand Conformity? Arthanayake wants more Diversity therefore he presumes he is immune from the charge of 'racism', He believes he gets to define 'racism'. He doesn't. A percentage of the British public now believe him to be racist. He joins a list of people he probably detests. And he now knows how very easy it is to get on the list too.

[@andrewsheppard3189]

Why has he not been summarily dismissed and has not been charged under the Race Relations Act?

[@karenyoung8341]

If ever there was a reason to cancel your licence fee. Funding racism #defundtheBBC

[@MajorMinor1970]

He is a one in ten. Unless he lives in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford, Leicester etc where he will probably not be a minority. My suggestion, as always, is if you are so upset at seeing too many white people in a country that is over three quarters White British then take your exceedingly high BBC salary and purchase a one way ticket to a place where you won't be upset. It is especially galling when you turn on the BBC and it is like the United Nations, how he can be upset is perplexing.

[@DonatusOkechukwuOkoli-zc7nz]

As a Nigerian living in Nigeria, I ve often wondered why I see more non white faces on the BBC. The BBC is the national broadcaster of the United kingdom and the white British people are the natives of the United kingdom. The BBC should stop being too woke and put the white British people, more on their screen.