Sarah Kennedy, the BBC Radio 2 presenter, has been criticised by her own listeners for claiming that it is hard to see black people in the dark.
The controversial early morning disc jockey interrupted a discussion of road safety to say she had almost run over a black pedestrian because his dark clothes made him "invisible". What is wrong with that? Surely i am not the only person to remember the “wear white at night” campaigns of the 60's / 70’s?
"It's lucky he opened his mouth to yawn or do something and I saw him," she said on her show this morning. Unnecessary but possibly true
In 2000 Kennedy suggested that black people made good runners because they were used to being chased by lions, during an on-air discussion of genetics. Amusing, but unlikely to be true
And the 57-year-old raised eyebrows earlier this year by slurring words on her morning show and leaving sentences unfinished.
Listeners again flooded message boards after she offered to send "panties" to soldiers fighting in Afghanistan to cheer them up and spoke of Princess Diana's 'pink polka blot' dress.
The BBC insisted at the time that her unorthodox performance was the result of breathing difficulties.
Perhaps it's time to put the dear old soul out to pasture?
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