Jeremy Vine, who from next month will be the host of the BBC TV show Crimewatch, got some first-hand insight of his new role while commuting by bike last week, filming an incident with an extremely aggressive driver who got out of her car and kicked out at him, then later mimicked aiming a gun at him.
The episode happened on Friday on a one-way street by Kensington Town Hall, Vine riding in primary position since the parked cars on either side of the road meant there was insufficient room for a car to safely overtake a bicycle.
The driver beeped her horn at him, moving up close to his rear wheel, and when Vine pointed out there was not enough room to overtake, saying "there's got to be a car's width," the motorist got out of her car, kicking out at him and telling the TV and radio presenter to "Get the f*ck out the road."
Shortly afterwards, the woman got out of her car again at the junction with Kensington High Street, telling Vine to stop filming her car, before getting back in and making the shape of a pistol with her fingers, aiming a 'shot' at him.
Vine posted footage of what happened to his Facebook page, saying; "I hate to overload our hard-working London police with footage from my commute, but I feel the person you see on the tape will at some point hurt someone very badly - either with her car or in a direct personal assault."
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Let me help you - you've interpreted this "fact" to validate your prejudice. The behaviour of this one black woman in no way reflects on other black woman or indeed an entire race. There's so many assumptions within your bizzare extrapolation of this incident into some kind of misguided anthropological point that it makes very little sense. Basically, joke or not, you've exposed yourself as something of a racist.
Definitely could not have put it better myself.
You guys are funny.
He's exposed himself as culturally aware, and as someone who worked with the black community in Lewisham in youth justice, I know he's absolutely spot on. It's also something the black community openly discuss and are seeking to remedy.
That's not racist, and either is his comment.
People go too far these days with the sancitimony. Out themselves as shallow and simply using race as a stick to beat others with for a quick self-esteem patch. It's transparent, and you open yourself up for an easy baiting, like what just happened here.
I'd put my money on him being a more decent guy out of the three of you, instinctually.
I'm so sorry, you're completely right - I should have made sure I listed my qualifications to judge what is or is not racist.
I wonder what else your remakable instincts tell you?
That you're struggling to make a point after your shallow sanctimony was called out.
Yep that was it - cheers, very perceptive.
I'm off for a ride...
Can't beat the fresh air for shaking off that pent up angst.
It's not sanctimonious. Your attempt to dismiss someone's analysis by belittling their comment and applying your anecdotal knowledge is unfair and irrelevant (in that order).
The original analysis stands. The only comments made focused on the ethnicity and gender and a lazy stereotype was applied.
Parts of the statement may be true but that's not important. When you treat a someone as a stereotype and not as person you're being racist.
I'd think a person with your 'experience' would know that. Perhaps you need to think about your own ideas before dismissing others.
Oops, I shouldn't have put 'experience', that unfairly diminishes your point. Sorry about that!
I'm sure you'll forgive me.
Convulted bilge. Don't try so hard.
May your ride be free from both racists and political correctionists.
To add to the idiocy of the initial racist comment, what the feck is the black community?
Is there a white community? Of course not. People are people, people.
The sooner you cultivate that attitude, the sooner the sad inequalities mentioned in the above statistic can change.
Someone needs to tell the mainstream media about this, then. They talk about "the black community ", "the LGBTQ community", "the traveller community ", "the <fill in a nationality or ethnicity here> community ", and even "the cycling community" all the time.
I remember Bernard Manning making jokes along those lines.
breathtaking combination of racism, misogny and ignorance - chapeau sir, and be sure to say that it's all just a joke
Kinell! Where the hell did that come from?
Is it Out Yourself as a Racist Week or something?
You're making a general point about black women. That their male partners are more likely to leave them because of behaviour like this that is, in your view, more endemic than it is in non-black women. Do you see now? Good, now fuck off.
How'd you know that, player
At least when he says he's at work, you can turn on the radio and check.
Keep your fantasies to yourself
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