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"Was Jade being racist towards Shilpa, in the BB house?"

If any of you have been watching this years Big Brother, please let me know how you feel about what has happened inside. I feel that whilst Jade was in the BB house, she constantly bullied Shilpa who is from India. Some though it was an act of racism and others, like myself, feel it is just bullying. I feel that Jade and her fellow 'followers' (Danielle & Jo)constantly ganged up on Shilpa. There were several occasions where Shilpa was told that she should 'go back home' and earnt the nickname 'Shilpa popadom', which in fact, could be called racist. HoweverI thought that Jade learnt her lesson when she dispatched from the BB house. No one was there to applaud her and she was even shown videos, with Tony Blair, complaining about her actions on live TV. She caused nothing but chaos inside the house. The carphone warehouse has cancelled its sponsorship with BB because of her and Jade has had a lot of explaining to do on BB extras. I watched BB's Little Brother this morning, where they interviewed Jade and had people calling in to ask her questions. An Indian woman phoned, and asked a really hard question. Not long after Jade was in tears. She did say that she would like the chance to say sorry to Shilpa when she leaves the BB house, but until this happens Jade will still be in my bad books. I actually think Shilpa is rather attractive lol. (just thought I would add that little comment at the end)

Alfonse wrote:
> I'm not going to pretend I don't find that pretty funny.

:-O Alfonse you racist mo-fo.....

:-P

I like how racism has been redefined. Any negative comment towards a person of another race/ethnicity is now automatically racism.

Vampyr wrote:
> Jade's a racist. and you cant say "nah, shes thick as
> pigsh!t so she didnt know she was being racist" coz racism
> is racism

Depends how you define racism.
I don't really know what was said but I don't imagine she's the kind of person who thinks too hard about what's coming out of her mouth, and from what I have gathered it seems more likely she said a few stupid things which she didn't realise would have the effect it has rather than her actually meaning/believing the implications.



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And if you don't like her being on your TV then don't watch it. I didn't even know what she looked like til a few weeks ago.

i dont watch it, but it bothers me when its on the news, coz i watch the news for the news, not for that bint's whiney ass racist voice

Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> And if you don't like her being on your TV then don't watch it.
> I didn't even know what she looked like til a few weeks ago.

I still don't . . . Hope I never do, BB sucks!

Sunflower wrote:
> I still don't . . . Hope I never do, BB sucks!


tomorrows news headline
**BB faces racist comments**

It's not racism on Jade's part.

Ironically, the only comments that could be perceived as racism have come from others, yet her heightened celebrity status means that she's the one taking the stick for it.

What people mistake for racism is merely the bitterness of a class divide. The vast difference in Shilpa's background compared to Jade's is summed up by how Shilpa reacted to the argument, i.e. she was emotionally wounded, as if she'd never had a confrontation before, and could only see her race as the explanation.

Shut it wiggas.

I think I should throw the not inconsiderable weight of my opinion in here (despite being very drunk).

Now, having grown up in a combination of environments which comprised basically white military doctrine and welsh ignorance, I feel it is is safe to say that ignorance is a defence if applicable. I.e I seriously didn;t know that black peope were different...

I know when I moved south to start my higher life, asians were little more than fiction to me. I'd never seen a chinese/japanese/malaysian, and as far as I could tell, they might not even exist.

Now my eyes are open, and things I might have considered humourous in my adolescence are now consigned to a deeper thought process.

So maybe people can get it wrong, and maybe it isn't right to condemn someone for getting it wrong once. However, I must say, from what I've seen of the BB 'scandals', racism doesn't even enter into it, it's jealousy, pure and simple. So what's the debate?

I think the bigger issue, is how the whole of England now has to declare how they all hate her and how they are "in no way affiliated" with Jade.

Equality has gotten so out of control now, it's actually embarrassing. Like many, I don't believe Jade was being racist, just ignorant. Bullying takes part in many, many of the Big Brother shows; it's what keeps the rest of us entertained.

It just seems unfortunate that she is so very dumb, and she is from an ethnic minority. You know if the roles were reversed, we would all be cheering Jade on, willing her to win because 'we love her'; we would not bat an eyelid to Shilpa as far a racism goes.