On The Jeremy Clarkson Dismissal

The BBC completely cocked up its handling of Jeremy Clarkson. It likely did so because it wanted to appeal to person who are not interested in Top Gear (Lefties). Yes it was likely that because when you read the criticisms of Jeremy Clarkson in much of the press they come down to:

He's white
He's apparently conservative
He's un PC
He insults people
He's boorish
Top Gear is a "boys club"

Essentially Clarkson represented everything that left wing UK (and US for that matter) stands for.

Apparently because I'm black I was supposed to be on board because of Clarkson's "catch a nigger by the toe" thing. Sorry, I don't offend easily. And I really don't offend easily when the person I'm supposed to be offended by insults just about everybody and THAT is a part of his "act". Personally I'm more offended by the perpetually offended who think that I, and the mass majority of black folks are too childish and thin skinned to hear that without falling to pieces or imagining Klan rallies and lynchings.

That said I do have to agree that Clarkson overstepped a major bound when he struck that producer. I am 100% against initiating violence. I am 100% for self defense, just so we're clear. The way I see it BBC should have suspended Clarkson and fined him in the form of oh, half his contract payout (preferably given to Clarkson's victim as recompense since it happened during BBC official business). Then the victim ought to have been given one opportunity to press charges. ONE time. Failure to do so would have ended the issue there and then. Had the producer decided to press charges, the BBC should have cooperated with any investigation and if any criminal conviction was secured they could have used that as grounds for dismissal OR to add that time to his suspension.

The thing is that when working for celebrities we KNOW that not a few of them have very very difficult personalities. Personally I think the producer should have knocked Clarkson right in the face one Clarkson assaulted him. It would have been quite funny to see an episode of Top Gear with Clarkson with a black eye.

But now BBC has lost a couple million viewers for whatever time slot Top Gear fell on. For BBC America, Top Gear was popular enough to run for HOURS and made up a large portion of it's programming (Star Trek The Next Generation, Dr. Who. Orphan Black being the others). I expect a definite impact on their bottom line. Maybe they don't care. That's there prerogative.

And on that bombshell...