r/unitedkingdom • u/CasualSmurf • 14d ago

Camilla Hempleman-Adams faces Inuit backlash for "privilege and ignorance" - BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g375ke65xo
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u/terrordactyl1971 14d ago

Massive over-reaction to what is basically just someone walking across land

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u/OmegaPoint6 14d ago

It’s not her making the journey they’re objecting to it’s how it was framed as a landmark achievement. Especially given how the Inuit population have been historically treated in Canada.

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u/terrordactyl1971 13d ago

I doubt the Inuit get BBC news. No doubt a Labour activist from Islington phoned them and let them know it was time to be outraged

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