Rachel's Racist slurr...

[leigh17]

Josie and andrew were chattin on the sofa's abit ago when Rachel walks into room when josie goes... "Rachel you look really dark!"

Rachel "Do I?..I know I look like I've just stepped of the....'pause'..boat!"

:o Anyone else pick up on that..

Derogataory comment towards black people I'm not black myself but if i was i would have definatley taken offence to that!

[skkc16]

im black and im not taking any offence....maybe thats because i dont get it

[LiquidGold]

Josie and andrew were chattin on the sofa's abit ago when Rachel walks into room when josie goes... "Rachel you look really dark!"

Rachel "Do I?..I know I look like I've just stepped of the....'pause'..boat!"

:o Anyone else pick up on that..

Derogataory comment towards black people I'm not black myself but if i was i would have definatley taken offence to that!

this is your first post? :joker: well when was this?? its prob cause josie cowbag is jealous of natural brown skin!

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Josie and andrew were chattin on the sofa's abit ago when Rachel walks into room when josie goes... "Rachel you look really dark!"

Rachel "Do I?..I know I look like I've just stepped of the....'pause'..boat!"

:o Anyone else pick up on that..

Derogataory comment towards black people I'm not black myself but if i was i would have definatley taken offence to that!

did she mean boat as in slavery boats like in Amistad or boat as in I jjust got back from Ibiza?

[InOne]

I am also black and don't take offence.

[Jessica.]

OMG That is actually terrible! D:

[Wildcat!]

I am black. And its a common joke! But thanks for taking offense for me!

[Wildcat!]

I am also black and don't take offence.

:D

[Wildcat!]

did she mean boat as in slavery boats like in Amistad or boat as in I jjust got back from Ibiza?

ITs boat, as in back in the days, immigrants would come by boat! Everyone use the joke, Asians, Black people, even europeans in the US!

[InOne]

:D

Rachel described herself as going out with "knobheads" so guess she is used to that kind of humour.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

ITs boat, as in back in the days, immigrants would come by boat! Everyone use the joke, Asians, Black people, even europeans in the US!

ah....meh not bothered. A percentage of mixed raced people are more in connection with their white side than their black side. Seeing rachel's friends on bblb in her house it seemed like she doesn't have black friends

[leigh17]

im black and im not taking any offence....maybe thats because i dont get it

Well i'm also from liverpool as she is so I know the history of the city and its involvement in the slave trade, but the term "off the boaters" comes from there involvement in the slave trade where there ports were used to ship en-slaved africans over to Britan.

Just thought that was abit un 'pc' especially for a show like big brother :/

[skkc16]

Well i'm also from liverpool as she is so I know the history of the city and its involvement in the slave trade, but the term "off the boaters" comes from there involvement in the slave trade where there ports were used to ship en-slaved africans over to Britan.

Just thought that was abit un 'pc' especially for a show like big brother :/

well she was obv joking

[eviled2010]

I think the saying goes something like "You look like you just got off the banana boat".

[AtomicKitty]

Josie and andrew were chattin on the sofa's abit ago when Rachel walks into room when josie goes... "Rachel you look really dark!"

Rachel "Do I?..I know I look like I've just stepped of the....'pause'..boat!"

:o Anyone else pick up on that..

Derogataory comment towards black people I'm not black myself but if i was i would have definatley taken offence to that!

that is not a racist slur sorry....

[Peter Plunker]

well someone's great great great great grandmother was "off the boat" 100 and some years ago so some are bound to take offense :)

I've spoken about race in 2 topics today...not happy about it...people will think i'm racist:conf:

Not all black people are descended from slaves you know.

[Wildcat!]

Well i'm also from liverpool as she is so I know the history of the city and its involvement in the slave trade, but the term "off the boaters" comes from there involvement in the slave trade where there ports were used to ship en-slaved africans over to Britan.

Just thought that was abit un 'pc' especially for a show like big brother :/

Ermm, youre a liar! Thats not what it means at all. It has nothing to do with slavery, and only with immigration! But since you have 2 posts, I am assuming youre just a troll!

SChool for thought, use Wiki next time! :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_off_the_boat

[boomoo]

Well i'm also from liverpool as she is so I know the history of the city and its involvement in the slave trade, but the term "off the boaters" comes from there involvement in the slave trade where there ports were used to ship en-slaved africans over to Britan.

Just thought that was abit un 'pc' especially for a show like big brother :/


I would like you to know that the above is incorrect.
Ships did not bring slaves into Liverpool. Any people of African gene pool were free men in this country.
Ships left Liverpool with goods to trade with arabs in Africa who were running the slavery business. Arabs had previously raided the south coast of England and Eire taking people into slavery and it was part of their heritage.
The Africans were taken in chains to the West Indies in english ships.
The ships then returned to Liverpool carrying sugar and rum.
Slavery was never legal in this country.

Coming off a boat may refer to anyone and in my region it used to be more likely to be referred to someone who had come from Ireland.
Just stepped off a boat refers to someone being naive, that is unfamiliar with the way things work.
In the BB house it might be said about Andrew.

[MargeryFan]

It has nothing to do with slavery, It's to do with immigration. Believe it or not, it's pretty easy to get a tan outside of the UK.

[ourgus]

Josie and andrew were chattin on the sofa's abit ago when Rachel walks into room when josie goes... "Rachel you look really dark!"

Rachel "Do I?..I know I look like I've just stepped of the....'pause'..boat!"

:o Anyone else pick up on that..

Derogataory comment towards black people I'm not black myself but if i was i would have definatley taken offence to that!

Narp!!! I saw and heard what happened.



So Josie sez to Rachel " Golly gosh Rach, it looks really dark, me ol' turnip 'ed.

"Yoom telling me" sez Rachel, " Me just stepped in the Banana boat, aint I, cornies alone tomozza baint it??:banana::shrug:

[Frank E]

Did you register just to make this point?

[daniel-lewis-1985]

chill out.

I actually thought this was pretty funny.

Nice to see someone else has an un-pc sense of humour

[Jords]

I dont get it.....

[fitz2k2]

im black as well

[big_bother]

Seriously..........

[terryrow]

are you being serious, talk about petty.

[joeysteele]

Rachel si a very odd girl.

[Gillian-73]

People are far to eager to throw the word 'racist' around nowadays! It was nothing of the sort!!!

[NurseRatched]

did she mean boat as in slavery boats like in Amistad or boat as in I jjust got back from Ibiza?

For anyone who didn't get the bleeped word, Rachael was talking about the so-called banana boat, the term used for the way black people originally got to the UK. Used to be derogatory, now dropped into obscurity. Hence the mystified comments :-)

[fruit_cake]

did she use it as a way of intimidating Rachel??? if she did then it becomes racist otherwise it doesn't mean anything IMO

[crit]

Know your history....'straight off the banana boat' is a reference to people coming to the UK from the Caribbean. It was used mostly by other Caribbean people to describe the newly arrived as they had little idea how to dress for the British weather or in the fashion of the time.

It was the cheapest way to get to the UK to come with the cargoes of bananas ...on the banana boats.

[Shasown]

OP. So what you are saying is Rachel was racist towards herself and her ancestory? And she should be offended by her own comments?

[janaddy86]

I used to here the the term banana boat all the time when I was a bit younger. Still do form time to time. It was always used in reference to a persons stupidity or intelligence.

[Bluerang1]

I get it. But since she's half where I'm from, I don;t take offense ;) If it was a full Caucasian person that said that... xD I didn't take offense to Emily's comment either, it was a joke. Stupid Big Brother.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Josie and andrew were chattin on the sofa's abit ago when Rachel walks into room when josie goes... "Rachel you look really dark!"

Rachel "Do I?..I know I look like I've just stepped of the....'pause'..boat!"

:o Anyone else pick up on that..

Derogataory comment towards black people I'm not black myself but if i was i would have definatley taken offence to that!

sigh

What is derogatory about that statement?

and black people (or non white people to be accurate as she is kind of beige) cant be racist about themselves since many call each other the n word - so they cant have it both ways

[Niamh.]

Rachel is black....................

[Niamh.]

I get it. But since she's half where I'm from, I don;t take offense ;) If it was a full Caucasian person that said that... xD I didn't take offense to Emily's comment either, it was a joke. Stupid Big Brother.

Political Correctness gone crazy!

[Crimson Dynamo]

Rachel is black....................

I would imagine one parent is black and one white

so why is she black

why cant she be white?

[Niamh.]

I would imagine one parent is black and one white

so why is she black

why cant she be white?

I didn't know that, well let me re phrase then Rachel has black in her so I'm sure she isn't racist:hugesmile:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I didn't know that, well let me re phrase then Rachel has black in her so I'm sure she isn't racist:hugesmile:

she would prefer ben in her

[Niamh.]

she would prefer ben in her

hahaha, ew why though?

[muchadoaboutnothing]

I'm Irish and in the 1950's and 60's people coming from Ireland to UK via Hollyhead or Liverpool used to say they had come on the 'cattle boat.' So Rachel would have been describing what many elderly Black would have described without it being a race issue.

[cheapbbfan]

racial slur? You've got to be kidding me

[InOne]

I represent the Black Community on TiBB and we have deemed the comment: Not Racist

[Simone.]

She might not have meant in that way, I'm mixed race no where near as dark as her (jealous) & I don't think she'd have meant it in an offensive way.

[Mr XcX]

Not Racist. Emily was not racist but still BB got rid of her.

[Mr XcX]

Plus it will ruin the FAKEmance.

[hotleggs]

she meant her dark clothing , god even thats racist now

[AfroMullet]

I represent the Black Community on TiBB and we have deemed the comment: Not Racist

I co-sign the fact that he speaks for us all in this case.

All that can be said on this thread is LOL.

[billy123]

Case dismissed

[Livia]

Josie and andrew were chattin on the sofa's abit ago when Rachel walks into room when josie goes... "Rachel you look really dark!"

Rachel "Do I?..I know I look like I've just stepped of the....'pause'..boat!"

:o Anyone else pick up on that..

Derogataory comment towards black people I'm not black myself but if i was i would have definatley taken offence to that!

That causes so much trouble... people getting outraged on other people's behalf.

[BlackOrWhite]

It's funny how the only people to get offended are usually the ones that these jokes aren't even directed at. :joker:

[LadyNay]

Well i'm also from liverpool as she is so I know the history of the city and its involvement in the slave trade, but the term "off the boaters" comes from there involvement in the slave trade where there ports were used to ship en-slaved africans over to Britan.

Just thought that was abit un 'pc' especially for a show like big brother :/

No slaves actually came to Liverpool, ships would take goods from Lpool to Africa, unload the goods, load slaves and take them straight to the US, Carribean and other places.

[Livia]

No slaves actually came to Liverpool, ships would take goods from Lpool to Africa, unload the goods, load slaves and take them straight to the US, Carribean and other places.

From the middle of the 1700s, Liverpool was the biggest slave port in Europe. Having said that... Jezuz... what a fuss over a throw-away comment.

[brian3]

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[luminoussun]

how can rachel be racist when she is mixed race???
Black people can say the N word but white people can't...how can she be racist if one of her parents is black