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Racism still ever present in the UK it seems

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CalvinHobbs

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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18012007/344/shilpa-speaks-racist-remarks.html

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has spoken for the first time of her fears that she is the victim of racism in the Celebrity Big Brother house.

Unaware that the race row has developed into an international incident, the housemates had an argument over Oxo cubes.

After the spat, Cleo Rocos told Shilpa: "I don't think there's anything racist in it," but Shilpa replied: "It is, I'm telling you."

Channel 4 insisted there had been "no overt racial abuse or racist behaviour".

Earlier, protesters burned effigies of the show's organisers on the streets of India as UK politicians queued up to denounce the treatment of Shilpa.

The number of complaints to Ofcom approached 20,000 and the Indian government also indicated that it plans to raise the issue with Britain.

Prime Minister Tony Blair told the Commons that "we should oppose racism in all its forms", Tory leader David Cameron urged viewers to switch off in protest and Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain said the attacks on Shilpa were "grubby, racist behaviour".
 
People on Celebrity Big Brother are not representative of the U.K. If they are, that country is lost anyways.
 
luckily they are not else...well seems one of them was former miss britain, talking of representatives. and if you've ever been to a football match and you're not white...it's not fun at all. oh well
 
yeah, they are some serious air-heads in that house. Jade was made famous by being so stupid. A selection of quotes from her:


* "Where is East Angular, is it abroad?"
* "Rio de Janeiro - that's a person"
* "The Daily Mail is the post"
* "Saddam Hussein - that's a boxer"
* "A ferret is a bird"
* "I had my first birthday when I was one"
* "Who is heinzstein?"
* "Mother Theresa is from Germany"
* "Sherlock Holmes invented toilets"
* "The Union Jack is for all of us, but the St. George is just for London, isn't it?"
* "I knew Lynne was from Aberdeen, but I didn't realise Aberdeen was in Scotland"
* "What's a sparagus? Do you grow it?"
* "I am intelligent, but I let myself down because I can't speak properly or spell"
* To PJ after he revealed he knew someone who kept pet peacocks: "You see those things... don't think I'm being daft... but them things that look like eyes, are they their real eyes?"
* "Jonny, I'm not being tictactical in here"
* "They were trying to use me as an escape goat"
* "Do they speak Portuganese in Portugal? I thought Portugal was in Spain"
* "That's asexual harassment"
 
In the latest row, Jade told the actress: "Go back to the slums." Danielle also weighed in - but out of earshot from the actress - saying: "I think she should go home."
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Go home in Big Brother speak is get kicked out of the house, I doubt they meant go home to India. Reading that story linked it seems more like a skillful use of the race card than actual racism.
 
Once again, PC run amock.

Besides, people who feel the need to protest in the streets and burn things in effigy based on some comment from some dolt on a reality show on tv produced in another country are idiots anyway.
 
Argh, now this sh1t is infecting ATOT. I can't escape it anywhere :| Get the damn thing off the air, it's vacuous garbage anyway.
 
Originally posted by: Linflas
In the latest row, Jade told the actress: "Go back to the slums." Danielle also weighed in - but out of earshot from the actress - saying: "I think she should go home."
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Go home in Big Brother speak is get kicked out of the house, I doubt they meant go home to India. Reading that story linked it seems more like a skillful use of the race card than actual racism.
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i dont know what your race is, but there's some subtle form of racism that you dont really know its racism unless you've been a victim of it. Its still degrading nonetheless.
 
Originally posted by: 50cent1228
people in the uk are racists from what iv seen...
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i bought a lonely planet english phrasebook, and it starts out 'the english are the most tolerant bigots'
 
However, the explosion of media coverage has seen audience figures rise, with 3.5 million viewers tuning in on Monday, 4.5 million on Tuesday and 5.2 million on Wednesday - equalling the highest figure for this series since the live launch.
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maybe its all staged...
 
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: Linflas
In the latest row, Jade told the actress: "Go back to the slums." Danielle also weighed in - but out of earshot from the actress - saying: "I think she should go home."
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Go home in Big Brother speak is get kicked out of the house, I doubt they meant go home to India. Reading that story linked it seems more like a skillful use of the race card than actual racism.
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i dont know what your race is, but there's some subtle form of racism that you dont really know its racism unless you've been a victim of it. Its still degrading nonetheless.
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So now living in slums is a race?
 
just too bad she didn't use her martial art skills, she's a black belt i heard, would have made some nice show, kicking the crap out of those idiots haha that would have been brit humour
 
It is just another attempt by the thought police to totally cleanse our society of anything that doesnt fit into their genderless, colorless, cultureless idea.

Being in a slum has nothing to do with race. Amazing how it was all twisted and blown out of proportion.
 
Originally posted by: KarenMarie
It is just another attempt by the thought police to totally cleanse our society of anything that doesnt fit into their genderless, colorless, cultureless idea.

Being in a slum has nothing to do with race. Amazing how it was all twisted and blown out of proportion.
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Yep. In the race game the most innocuous conversations can be twisted into racist ranting totally ignoring the idea that "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar".
 
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