10 Things BBC Wants You To Forget About Jeremy Clarkson

6. The "Black Muslim Lesbians" Comment

It's not just the disabled, working class, or foreigners Clarkson has tripped up over in the past, he also has very little grasp of equality legislation. In an interview with Top Gear magazine, Jeremy broached the subject of representing minorities on TV and made the following remarks. "The problem is that television executives have got it into their heads that if one presenter on a show is a blond-haired, blue-eyed heterosexual boy, the other must be a black Muslim lesbian. Chalk and cheese, they reckon, works. But here we have Top Gear setting new records after six years using cheese and cheese. It confuses them." Completely missing the point that equality legislation isn't meant to "work" in terms of setting records. It's supposed to "work" in enabling the diverse population of a country to feel adequately represented in the media, so they can engage with it confident that their views will be taken into consideration. Black muslim lesbians are just as deserving of being on TV as ageing white upper-class bigots.