# Racism in the UK rears its ugly head again

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**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-in-the-uk-rears-its-ugly-head-again/833717 "2019-05-09T11:24:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-in-the-uk-rears-its-ugly-head-again/833717/2 "2019-05-09T11:39:24Z")

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I very, very much doubt that Danny Baker’s tweet had any racist intent at all (but then until it was mentioned on their wedding day I had no idea she was mixed-race, I still can’t see it myself.) That seems like a huge overreaction but that’s the danger with Twitter, there’s no room for nuance or explanation.

The second incident is the more worrying one by far and a curious target. Was it the Jewishness or the Brexit stance that prompted the perpetrator’s single neuron to melt?

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