Woman Wanted A Caucasian Driver - But Got Fired Instead

A BBC radio presenter was fired after making "completely unacceptable" comments about Asian taxi drivers, the broadcaster said today.

Sam Mason, 40, asked a Bristol cab firm not to send an Asian driver to pick up her daughter because "a guy with a turban on is going to freak her out."

The phone operator recorded the conversation and passed a copy of it to The Sun.


Mother-of-one Mason, an ex-TV glamour girl, called the cab firm off-air as she played a song on her BBC Radio Bristol afternoon show, the paper claimed.

Here is a transcript of the conversation, which can be listened to on The Sun website:

Mason: "I know this sounds really racist, but I'm not being - please, don't send anyone like, you know what I mean. An English person would be great, a female would be better."

Operator: "We would class that as being racist. We can't penalise the Asian drivers and ju

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Added: Nov-13-2009 by copilot1111111
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