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A popular social media comedian is facing backlash after the use of a racist slur in one of his videos.
3 Bucks posted a video for his followers on social media in which he used the word ‘tinker’, a discriminatory slur against Travellers.
“The sun is high in the sky. I’m sweating here like a tinker trying to read. It’s nearly too warm for creamy f*ck**g pints,” said the comedian who has a combined social media following of almost 500,000.
Warm Out Today ... pic.twitter.com/eyEFw58p8A
— 3bucksleft (@3bucksleft1) September 7, 2023
People called 3 Bucks out, calling him “racist” and asking him to make an apology.
A Mayo woman from the Traveller community demanded an apology for “anti Traveller racism” and said she would willingly discuss why his comments are not acceptable.
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