LONDON: Tech billionaire Elon Musk — who has been riling up European leaders with his defence of far-right figures and tropes in recent weeks — has now entered a contentious debate surrounding the term “Asian grooming gangs”, with his latest remarks sparking concerns of perpetuating harmful anti-Pakistani stereotypes.
Musk’s latest intervention came after an Indian lawmaker Priyanka Chaturvedi criticised the British prime minister’s use of the generic term “Asian” in relation to child sexual abuse scandals...