[Josy]

Is Katie Hopkins an Xenophobe?

Lost count now of how many times she has insulted Americans and shown her disdain for them with her childish face pulling and over animated rolleyes just further showing her hatred.

[Samm]

No, she's just joking around

[Lostie!]

If she's not, she still clearly has no qualms about making comments than can very easily be interpreted as such.

She uses "American" exclusively in a negative manner, like "Oh, he's a typical annoying American", etc. If she'd negatively stereotyped people of a different race, she'd have been hauled into the Diary Room.

Joking or not, it makes no difference to whether a comment has the capacity to be offensive or not.

[Jake.]

No, she just doesn't like Perez and will use anything she can to attempt to make remarks against him

[Pincho Paxton]

She even said it in the diary room to Big Brother, and was not pulled up on it. It's strange that you can insult Americans, but not races.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

If she's not, she still clearly has no qualms about making comments than can very easily be interpreted as such.

She uses "American" exclusively in a negative manner, like "Oh, he's a typical annoying American", etc. If she'd negatively stereotyped people of a different race, she'd have been hauled into the Diary Room.

She was in the Diary room when she said it

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by Cherie

She was in the Diary room when she said it

That's not the only time she's said it.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Josy

Is Katie Hopkins an Xenophobe?

Lost count now of how many times she has insulted Americans and shown her disdain for them with her childish face pulling and over animated rolleyes just further showing her hatred.

I think a lot of people see Americans as loud and brash,doesn't mean we don't like them,its only like the saying the Brits are pompus and reserved or whinging Poms,I don't think many can read that as xenophobic,but I guess some will , depending on whether they like her or not.

[JoshBB]

Based on her comments on palestinians outside the house, and on americans inside the house.. I would say yes. It comes in the package of a patriot really.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

That's not the only time she's said it.

I know I meant no need to haul her in she was sitting right there

[abhorson]

I read the Gaurdian on line.You should read the Anti - American comments in there. Maybe KH is playing to that crowd! Are they xenophobes. Gosh they would be horrified!

In short. No.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

I think a lot of people see Americans as loud and brash,doesn't mean we don't like them,its only like the saying the Brits are pompus and reserved or whinging Poms,I don't think many can read that as xenophobic,but I guess some will , depending on whether they like her or not.

Not everyone stereotypes entire nationalities. Thankfully.

[MB.]

Originally Posted by JoshBB

Based on her comments on palestinians outside the house, and on americans inside the house.. I would say yes. It comes in the package of a patriot really.

You can be patriotic/nationalistic without being xenophobic at the same time, it's just that it's rare - and Katie shows that to be true.

She isn't joking around. Of course she believes what she says, at least to some extent.

[Mystic Mock]

Of course she is, she's insulted American people left, right, and centre.

And basically admitted tonight in the Diary Room that she's only hanging around Michelle and Cami because she sees them as stupid, because that's what she is saying when she's saying that Americans are stupid and brash.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Of course she is, she's insulted American people left, right, and centre.

And basically admitted tonight in the Diary Room that she's only hanging around Michelle and Cami because she sees them as stupid, because that's what she is saying when she's saying that Americans are stupid and brash.

She admitted no such thing,but if that's how you see it, fine,but you are trying to manipulate something that wasn't even said about Michelle and cami

[joeysteele]

Yes she is, among all the other dubious things she is too.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

She admitted no such thing,but if that's how you see it, fine,but you are trying to manipulate something that wasn't even said about Michelle and cami

Well why does she hang around Cami? They don't really have that much in common.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Course not.she just hates foreigners like I do.

[abhorson]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Course not.she just hates foreigners like I do.

[wendywillow]

pretty obvious she's a xenophobe. us poor americans have feeling too
we're not brash and stupid....well....not all of us

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by wendywillow

pretty obvious she's a xenophobe. us poor americans have feeling too
we're not brash and stupid....well....not all of us

Well you, Lostalex, and Ninastar come across as intelligent, nice people so I'm not buying into the stereotype tbh.

But of course in 50 States you are gonna get quite a few thickos as there is more people living in the country.

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Josy

Not everyone stereotypes entire nationalities. Thankfully.

But you understand that stereotypes exist? All Katie has done is mention how Perez is being a stereotypical American! It's not xenophobic to understand stereotypes.

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Josy

Is Katie Hopkins an Xenophobe?

Lost count now of how many times she has insulted Americans and shown her disdain for them with her childish face pulling and over animated rolleyes just further showing her hatred.

You know I did wonder if she was some sort of sociopath. She seems to have no filters.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Withano

But you understand that stereotypes exist? All Katie has done is mention how Perez is being a stereotypical American! It's not xenophobic to understand stereotypes.

That's not all she's done though is it?

What about when she was moaning 'what's with all the Americans' 'this is BBUK' and so on in the Diary Room, this was before even the arguments with Perez started.

People have very short memories when they choose.

[Niamh.]

yes absolutely, If Perez was from India lets say and she kept using his nationality as an insult against him she would have been thrown out by now......