Top Gear, Racist?

We all watch the show, even if we don't like cars, engines and all things that roar. But why do we watch it you ask. Hammond, Clarkson and May's obsession with competitive challenges and questionable humour has us hooked to the point where you begin gaining knowledge from their antics. Highly respected in Britain, Top Gear has let down many fans this month. 

Six million viewers watched as the trio compared cars to having nationalistic characteristics. They painfully, solely focused on Mexico after claiming German cars are usually built and efficient, whereas they declared Italian cars as quick and flamboyant.  But May began the taunt by claiming the orange car on the screen was call 'El Tortilla' whilst laughing and admitting he made it up. He also turned on Mexican food claiming it's ''sick with cheese'' as Hammond added '' Refried, sick with cheese.'' Hammond ranted on about the vehicle assuming "Mexican cars are just going to be a lazy, feckless, flatulent, oaf with a moustache leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat.'' Hammond showed a disrespect as he huffed and  thought out loud. '' I'm sorry but can you imagine waking up and remembering you're mexican!?'' Clarkson added on to the rant by declaring the brilliance of being Mexican so you can sleep all day. The trio were well aware of complaints heading their way at the exact moment they were live. Especially Clarkson who joked that complaints will be made to the Mexican ambassador, but they will not reach the show due to his lazy nature, whereby Clarkson snored and snorted as if he were asleep. 

There has already been a complaint made by the Mexican ambassador to the BBC for their "outrageous, vulgar and inexcusable insults" which some see as clearly unforgivable due to not only the confident nature in which they told the jokes , but the deliberate excuse backed up by yet another insult. The BBC have written a letter of apology back which said ''sorry if it had offended some people, adding that jokes based on national stereotypes were part of Britain's indigenous humour.''
However, comedian Steve Coogan has pointed the finger at the show and attacked May, Clarkson and Hammond with casual racism and cannot fathom why the BBC tolerated and aired this segment. 
The show is broadcast on BBC America and will be routinely edited for international transmission.