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Originally posted by James
I don't agree with the 'it's just a bunch of schoolgirls' thing that has been mentioned (not necessarily here, but elsewhere) as an excuse for the bullying.
I think what has been going on is much more serious and nasty than that line implies really.
I read somewhere that bullying was on the increase amongst girls and it was being blamed on there being bitchy female characters in soaps, and no doubt reality shows have an effect also.
Bullying in schools and workplaces can literally ruin lives so it should be made clear that it is never acceptable.
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Originally posted by psylocke
Ignorance dosent make it acceptable tho
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I wasn't excusing them because they are ignorant - far from it. Indian culture is also foreign to Dirk and Jermaine also and they get on fine with Shilpa.
It just shows the Jade gang's nastiness that they will use these cultural differences to seperate themselves from her.
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I think it would be much more productive if people discussed the bullying rather suggesting its racism because there is clear evidence of bullying.
What I find strange is that when Jade asked BB a question about eskimoes and saying something stupid that they turn into ice men, apprently people thought it was all funny. Could that not have been racism too, or was it more likely down to Jade's ignorance of these people's culture? To me its the latter. And that's why Jade and the others are laughing at Shilpa's cultural habits.
Could English people who laugh at Scots wearing kilts racist too?