Should the BBC sack Guz Khan due to his Tweet?

Priti Patel's allies have hit out at a BBC comedian's racially-charged jibe on Twitter about her not liking curry that incited a string of vile responses branding her a 'coconut' - as 31 Labour MPs claim she has not authority on racism.

Guz Khan, who appears on BBC3 show Man Like Mobeen, posted a photo of Ms Patel pulling a face with the message: 'Shall we have a curry for dinner tonight Priti?'

Followers piled in to describe her as the 'biggest coconut going', while another said that she 'eats daal with a knife and fork'.

However, one reply said: 'It's not racist when we do it to Priti' and another Twitter user said: 'To get this from another person of colour is beyond ironic'.

An ally of the Home Secretary said in response to the tweet: 'In the week where she spoke movingly about the racist abuse she has faced all her live to get this from another person of colour is beyond ironic.'

It comes on the same day the Home Secretary hit back after 31 Labour MPs accused her of 'gaslighting' BLM protesters by talking about her own experiences of racism.

The Home Secretary, who earlier this week revealed her own experiences of racist abuse, reacted furiously after Labour frontbenchers signed a letter criticising the way she spoke about her own background as the daughter of Gujarati refugees from Uganda.

Mrs Patel said she would not be silenced by Labour MPs who dismiss 'the contributions of those who don't conform to their view of how ethnic minorities should behave.'

Just hours later the tweet was sent by Mr Khan, who lives with his wife and three children in the Midlands, with a number of replies calling her a 'coconut'.

A number of the tweets accuse the Home Secretary of being a coconut - white on the inside and brown on the outside - which is a racial slur used to accuse someone of betraying their heritage by pandering to white views or opinions.

One user responded to the Mr Khan's tweet saying 'only if its a coconut curry' while another  said 'she’s more of a coconut curry type of girl to be honest....'

The comedian, who lives with his wife and four children in the Midlands, has kept the tweet up despite the backlash, and has posted a tweet showing the abuse he has received for it and tagged in Priti Patel.

The follow up tweet says: If you thought my fans were bad...goddayum @pritipatel.' The 34-year-old will be familiar to viewers on BBC's popular Live at Apollo where he has appeared on a number of occasions.

He is perhaps best known for hit BBC3 show Man Like Mobeen, a comedy which follows the trials and tribulations of the titular character Mobeen and his friends in Small Heath, Birmingham.

Mr Khan was raised by his mother in the suburbs of Coventry and before he became a comedian was a teacher at a secondary school in the same area.

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