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Fawlty Towers episode The Germans temporarily removed from BBC streaming service UKTV over racial slurs
•The full episode of Fawlty Towers is still being aired on Netflix and on Britbox, which is half-owned by the BBC, without any warnings or editing.
Justin Trudeau publicly apologises as decades-old images of PM in blackface makeup surface online, says behaviour was 'absolutely unacceptable'
•Justin Trudeau publicly apologized for his 'absolutely unacceptable' behaviour, as decades-old images showing him in blackface makeup rocked his re-election campaign.
Peter Sellers' The Party is the go-to movie for expressing anger over brownface: Is the ire warranted?
Kuzhali Manickavel •I don’t really understand why Peter Sellers felt the need to darken his face for the role in The Party. While I don’t think it makes him look Indian, it certainly makes him look greasy and a little blotchy, unless the belief at the time was that Indians, as an entire race, were a greasy and blotchy people | Kuzhali Manickavel writes in her monthly column 'Allegedly Problematic'
Gucci gets embroiled in racism row after shoppers criticise sweater's similarity to blackface
Fp Staff •Gucci faced serious backlash when shoppers and online followers pointed out the 'balaclava jumper' which depicted a cut-out at the mouth of the sweater that was outlined in red
Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta apologises for posting photo featuring people in blackface on social media
•Iniesta's picture on Twitter and Instagram posted on Sunday showed his family and a group of people in costumes, taking part in the Three Kings Day celebration.
Spain football legend Andres Iniesta courts controversy after posing for picture with two friends in 'blackface'
•Iniesta published the photo on Sunday on his Instagram and Twitter accounts, triggering overwhelmingly negative reactions and calls to take it down.