article_snippet: On Tuesday, BBC ruled that Bring Back Clarkson was not being racist when he used the word 'pikey' on Top Gear - a decision which has sparked condemnation from the Traveller Movement.
article_snippet: But BBC's Editorial Standards Committee (ESC) concluded that the word had been used to mean 'cheap', rather than as a term of racist or ethnic abuse.
article_snippet: A spokesman for the Traveller Movement rejected the decision, saying: 'the Traveller Movement are horrified by the BBC's green lighting of the use of the word 'pikey' by the Top Gear presenters.'
article_snippet: Most recently, the BBC Trust ruled that Outspoken Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson was not being racist when Outspoken Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson used the word 'pikey' on Top Gear - a decision which has sparked condemnation from the Traveller Movement.