FWIW I took the ethnic descriptor just as a bookmark not as a condemnation of the person. I think they were referring to the scripted father/daughter bits and the "oh wow you were 6 thats great", not anything about the presenters accent or background.
Probably not relevant for an HN comment, but also probably not anti diversity.
That's actually what I didn't liked. It felt so played and fake that it gives opposite message.