The most valuable primate

[paddylast]

Asian commentator apologises to white people for calling an Asian athlete a primate.

[paddylast]

I can honestly say I have never called anyone a primate. Why would she use the word?

The job of a commentator is often to engage in hyperbole. I imagine in her head she was thinking of the phrase most valuable player or person, and then thought that is said a lot so we need to make it even better, so why not throw gorillas, monkeys, lemurs into the mix and say he is better than all of them too.

[jayinhongkong]

She was definitely trying to be funny, and instead got herself a whole lot of negative attention

[SirNotAppearing]

The term primate is used in religious circles - the Archbishop of Canterbury is the Primate of All England, for example.

It was clearly just a slip of the tongue from a commentator who is herself of South Asian descent.

Yes, the Freudian slip is showing.

[saltywetman]

H&M found out the hard way. Calling a child a monkey carries a risk, especially out of context.

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