Trump Supporter Fired for Calling Chinese “Slanty-Eyed”

A TV host for Sky News in Australia,who is described by Newsweek as an avowed Trump supporter, has been fired after describing Chinese visitors to Shanghai Disneyland as “black-haired, slanty-eyed (and) yellow-skinned.”

According to the Guardian, Ross Cameron made the remarks while discussing allegations of spying by China in Australia.

“And I am just saying to you the Chinese civilization is the oldest continuing civilization in the world, OK, it is not going anywhere,” he said.

“1.4 billion people – it has got about a sixth of the world’s population. All of them are studying English.

“If you go to the Disneyland in Shanghai, on any typical morning of the week, you’ll see 20,000 black-haired, slanty-eyed, yellow-skinned Chinese, desperate to get into Disneyland because they like and enjoy and embrace many aspects of western culture.”

The network immediately moved to fire Cameron.

“Sky News is committed to robust discussion and debate. However this language is totally unacceptable and has no place on any of our platforms, nor in modern Australian society,” the statement said from Sky News Chief executive Paul Whittaker,

Some say Australia is seeing an emergence of racist extremism.

“As a successful multicultural society, we should be clear on this: there is no place for racial prejudice, discrimination, or intimidation in our society,”said Incoming Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan, according to CNN.

The Guardian reports that Cameron has since called his remarks “clumsy.”

“I think it was clumsy and it could have been done better and it was a failure on my part, definitely,” he said.

“If you read the comments in their totality represent the single strongest defense of the Chinese made by any public figure in Australia for the last several months. There was absolutely no intention to offend, but I am happy to apologize for it, for anyone who has taken offense.”

You can hear Cameron’s comments below.

 
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