Mobile network in racist wrangle
“Orange has received a number of complaints regarding the content of an article written by an Orange employee and published on an independent website which has offended some of our customers,” said Stuart Jackson, Orange’s head of media relations.
The article on the ConservativeHome.com discussion website, under the name Inigo Wilson, gives a set of definitions for what the author calls “politically correct” terms, with an entry for Palestinians reading: “Archetype ‘victims’ no matter how many teenagers they murder in bars and fast food outlets.”
“Never responsible for anything they do or done in their name – because of ‘root causes’ or ‘legitimate grievances’,” it continued.
Another “definition” reads: “Islamophobic: Anyone who objects to having their transport blown up on the way to work.”
The article provoked outrage from readers who regarded them as racist, with one email apparently sent to Orange, and posted on the website of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee, a community group, reading: “I think Orange need to find a more appropriate ‘community’ PR representative who does not hold such Islamaphobic and racist views.”
“We take the opinions of our customers very seriously and believe that this matter warrants further investigation,” the Orange spokesman confirmed. “We have therefore suspended an employee while this investigation takes place.”
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