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The leader of the Labour party taking his cues on racism from a comedian who performed in Blackface in the 90s
Here's Baddiel getting called out for his racism by Sylvia Kristel
If you let a three year old dress herself, she will insist on dressing like an Eastern European prostitute...so I was with her and they clearly thought "well he's some kind of gypsy".'
Here's Baddiel using every Irish stereotype going with former Ireland footballer Ray Houghton
'Why is it kind of acceptable to say that the Germans are better at penalties but not that blacks are better at boxing'?
CW ableism
Baddiel appearing on the YouTube channel of a bloke who uses inverted commas every time he talks about Islamophobia
'Even though they're Black, are they just very, very bad at high-fiving?'
From a since-deleted article by Baddiel in 2012
'So many rock stars try really hard to suggest they are in some way sexually ambivalent, but one of them is just trying too hard.'

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