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LadyEllen -> RE: Racism on Big Brother (UK) (1/19/2007 4:10:10 AM)
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ORIGINAL: bleachedsmiles
LadyEllen the fact that you and the majority of people who are shouting out the racism card without actually of had viewed the show speaks volumes, and shows just how lazy a card it is to play whenever theres friction between people of different coloured skin. The only person in that house that has brought up any sort of racism issue is Jermaine jackson, as he only see's colour first.
Shilpa mocked the English accent just as much as they've taken off her accent, yet that wasnt viewed as racist.
Jermaine called Jacky white trash, yet that wasnt racist.
Shilpa only eats what she cooks, thats not racist, Shipa said she would only be with a man of the same race, thats not racist.
Jermaine only associates with the other person of colour, thats not racist.
They get together and bitch about Jade and the other whites just as much as jade bitches about her, thats not racist....
so why is it that everything the white people in the house do is a clear act of racism??
It has nothing to do with the colour of her skin, they resent her because of her class, because she comes from a life of servents, this is nothing new, England has always been divided by class but because she happens to have different coloured skin its now a race issue? Thats just such a lazy card to play, and one sadly played all too often that it ruins the country and makes you inclined to be racist.
I have not played any card bleached - I asked a question as to whether all this is down to endemic racism, or whether it is down to jealousy which is being expressed through racism. We can nit-pick all day about race and ethnicity, but if Shilpa is being picked on and excluded because she is of a different ethnicity, it counts as racism too, which is why the police are interested as we have strong laws to deal with race hate in the UK.
As to any comments directed at the white contestants - well, tell me - are they true or not? That has to be the test. Whilst Shilpa is not dirty for instance, as has been suggested, the white contestants are white trash, or as I put it, ignorant scum. This is where all sides get into the problem of the "race card" IMO - if I say that people of African origin have small ears - then thats not racist as its generally true, if I say that people of African origin cant understand things because they have small ears, then thats racist. If the comment is supported by the facts, and is not denigratory in content or intent, then no racism occurred. If I call Jade Goody "white trash" then its not racist either - its true, and I struggle to find any reason why that description would not apply, unless one for some bizarre reason looked up to her as a role model, extolling the stupidity she exemplifies.
And then your last point. If you look a few posts before your own, you will see one of mine, in which I point out why I think this is happening; basically jealousy but expressed in the way that all envious people are prone to express it - by picking out that feature which distinguishes the victim - in this case her race/ethnicity background. If Shilpa had a big nose, then they'd pick on that - do you see how it works? Its basic playground bullying, by people whose intellect would be best served by another spell at school.
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