so, is calling someone Shilpa Poppadom racist?

i don't think so. would be like calling me Jock Yorkshire Pud or George Bush George Hamburger

fecking TV pillocks

 

No it isn't but the brigade of wounded pride and political correctness will make it so. What it is is bullying of the playground variety by a nasty set of ill educated chavs.That to me is more worrying in that our standards have sunk so low. Celebrities Pah !!! Non-entities more like.</p>

Having said that if you go in the big brother house you should be aware of what you are letting yourself in for so don't whinge if you don't like it, come out.</p>

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Yes, but nobody would call you that!! I loathe poltical correctness and namby-pamby liberalism as much as the next fella, but I do consider that gobshite's comments as racist.

 

Unfortunately that's the kind of garbage you are going to get

when youmake someone a 'TV star' and muliti-millionaire based on the twin talents of being very ugly and very stupid.

 

It's all in context innit ?

In the context of how the lovely Jade and that balloon headed thing that's knobbing Teddy Sheringham have been treating that lass, yes it was racist. </p>

Between mates of different ethnic backgrounds having banter I would say stuff like that isn't.</p>

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I know what you're saying but I honestly think she's so thick

she probably can't remember Shilpa's name anyway.

 

but the actual name isn't racist and whether her motivations are racist is open to conjecture. She prob thinks she's funny as she's calling her an Asian sundry. But then again, if i said "Ow, little miss poppadom, get over here" i suppose that could be racist. Ah what do i know?

 

haven't watched any of it, just seen snippets from the news. I take it there's some bullying going on?

 

Aye, it's just like the school playground - Jade's leading it and that Danielle Lloyd is showing herself to be a right snidey little mare. It's all a bit pathetic, but it shows them up for the thickos that they are. The racism isn't overt, but that Daniele Lloyd is showing some admirable 'send em back' sentiments.

 

I think so.

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Think they've crossed the line now.</p>

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Agree about the scouser, give the benefit of the doubt

to the pig to bea'racial'as she put it. I reckon if she was to be racist then she would really come out with much worse.

 

The thin line between bullying and racism? nt

 

RE: Agree about the scouser, give the benefit of the doubt

Jade's just very very unpleasant.

 

I think Jade Goody is just ignorant...

She's shown how childish and thick she really is...

 

Now she's rich and famous she thinks she's something.

Sows ear/silk purse.

 

Would you really want to be famous for being thick ??? nt

 

If you're thick to start with, then yes. Money, money, money.

Better than living in a slum somewhere with half a dozen snotty kids by half a dozen blokes, which is probably where she would have been without her first BB.

 

Whatever it is ..

... it is deeply embarrassing. I'm a hooked viewer by the way and I think this should be on TV if for no other reason than it has made the average person in the street think long and hard about 'acceptable social behaviour'. Whether racist or bullying, it is deeply wrong and as a British person I do feel embarrassed that other nations are seeing this behaviour. I know all countries have their chav equivalent, but go abroad on holiday and look at ours, it is deeply unpleasant. </p>

As Shilpa said &quot;I represent India, do these people represent the UK?&quot;. Not all the UK Shilpa, but a large part of it. </p>

By the way, everyone talks about Jade and Danielle but that Jo is just as bad. She is weak, devious, sly and a lot older than Danielle and should know a lot better. </p>

 

The stuff I'm reading about is borderline whichever way you look at it...

The insults seem to be based around her nationality so I can see where a lot of folk are coming from.

Racially motivated "racism", perhaps not - I think it's more moronic, envious, pig-ignorance motivated "racism"...

Saying that - it's Big Brother, I didn't expect any better...

 

I hooked too

But I won't be if Shilpa is voted out tonight. I'll never watch the telly again. Speaking of evictions, why haven't the phone numbers been given out this week? You can find them on the website but they weren't announced at the end of last night's show.