Big Brother Promotes Racial Harmony… Apparently
Then buzz it up
June 29th, 2005 at 14:30 by C J Davies
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And you thought Big Brother was only fun for slapping down those hecklerspray betting club wagers, didn’t you? Well… either that or staring at new contestant Orlaith in an unsettling way (a bit like wide-eyed muppet Eugene).
Well, here’s a revelation for you.
Big Brother and all it’s reality TV siblings - according to Trevor Phillips, head honcho of the Racial Equality Commission - has "done more for racial understanding than any other media creation in recent years."
Probably looking into the bewildered face of the Radio 4 interviewer, Phillips continued: "It’s introduced the majority of the British public to people they never normally would meet."
Phillip’s argument isn’t exactly the most watertight. True, shows like The Apprentice genuinely broke down racial boundaries, cobbling together a multicultural cast of characters and providing a gripping insight into their interaction. Referring to motormouth contestant Saira Khan, Phillips reasoned: "who would ever say Asian women are sweet, submissive and silent after watching her in action?"
A minor criticism can be drawn: Phillips seems to be assuming that we’re all racially-ignorant proles, stewing in our prejudices until those wonderful television executives show us the glorious way.
Pull us up if we’re wrong - and you’ve caught hecklerspray in a rare moment of optimism - but aren’t most people in this great melting pot of a country a little better than that? Does anyone really hold such tired racist views outside of the knuckle-dragging ranks of the putrid BNP? And is it really going to be solved by staring at the gogglebox?
The Apprentice - okay. We can accept that. But reality TV in general? Club Reps. Rail Cops. A Life Of Grime. Redcoats. Airport. Maybe hecklerspray isn’t picking up on something, but it’s hard to detect anything Martin-Luther-King-esque about them, isn’t it?
And Big Brother? The only thing that show proves is - regardless of background, skin colour, sexual preference or otherwise - a twat is a twat.
And they’re not a minority in any country…
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June 29th, 2005 at 3:33 pm
Quote from article:
“Does anyone really hold such tired racist views outside of the knuckle-dragging ranks of the putrid BNP?”
Doesn’t the BNP want to keep Britain a white, traditionally Christian society? Who came up with the idea that that was “knuckle-dragging”? Was it Christians? Was it white Europeans?
And, of course, the NON-knuckle-dragging folks promote multiculturalism which will remake Britain so that in a few centuries no one will look white in the kingdom anymore, let alone Welsh, Irish, English or Scot. And this new Islamic, impoverished, Third World, racially conflicted Britain will see Christians at the fringes, such as in any other Islamic society.
The genocide of the Brits — only knuckle-draggers oppose that.
June 29th, 2005 at 4:04 pm
Joseph, don’t be a twat all your life…
June 30th, 2005 at 8:24 pm
Forget that last comment, why do i have to be a twat all my life ?
July 1st, 2005 at 8:46 am
Quote from article:
“Does anyone really hold such tired racist views outside of the knuckle-dragging ranks of the putrid BNP?”
The anser it seems, is Joseph. Unless he is in the BNP, which wouldn’t surprise me.
Joseph, we are a multicultural society whether you like it or not, so I suggest you learn to live with it. As for Britain turning into a Muslim country, I suspect no-one would want that except Muslims, so don’t worry your head about that.
Oh, and the second Jeff post wasn’t me, i think Joseph may have done that, isn’t he clever?
November 12th, 2005 at 2:32 am
Let’s stick to the real world for a moment. We are two white christians, one born in the UK the other not. We do not live in the UK. Why ? Because we cannot get a residency permit for the non-European partner (spouse). Why, when we speak three major european languages each, for example ? Official reason - risk of being a financial burden on the State. Fact, we bought a new car this year in the non-UK spouses home country, for cash. Real reason: we are the wrong colour and religion.
Read the British press recently ? The Commissioner for Racial Equality no less describes a large number of white natives as knuckle dragging apes; the family of a muslim cleric live in a £500,000 restored house and get £1000 a week regular state aid.
Nice to theorise guys but welcome reality. White christians are not welcome.