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Originally Posted by MB. (Post 9009294)

I think this is a good time to remember that nobody here is saying that the voters are racist and the only thing that might be is the thought that white people preferring white people based on their race is fine

and do you think that if we looked at all the black people who voted on Strictly we may see a pattern emerging there?

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Originally Posted by MB. (Post 9009297)

:joker:

good one

Is he meant to lie and say yes?

We're not talking about African-Americans here

In other news someone's dancing to Carly this week so let's focus on the real issues here

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Originally Posted by Firewire (Post 9009304)

We're not talking about African-Americans here

Just an example. I am not sure you actually understand what racism is though?

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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 9009343)

Just an example. I am not sure you actually understand what racism is though?

I can't, I'm white.

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Originally Posted by Firewire (Post 9009345)

I can't, I'm white.

humour wont save you Im afraid

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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 9009355)

humour wont save you Im afraid

I wasn't trying to be funny

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Originally Posted by Firewire (Post 9009356)

I wasn't trying to be funny

If the BBC put a black only sitcom on prime time do you think it would do as well as a very similar white only one?

if both had the same content?

If you think the white one would get more viewers I take it that would be due solely to racism?

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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 9009379)

If the BBC put a black only sitcom on prime time do you think it would do as well as a very similar white only one?

if both had the same content?
If you think the white one would get more viewers I take it that would be due solely to racism?

In American sitcoms.... this is exactly what would happen and historically has happened.

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Originally Posted by Mokka (Post 9009386)

In American sitcoms.... this is exactly what would happen and historically has happened.

I think it would happen here as well

The UK doesn't have a great track history of black characters in leading roles

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Originally Posted by Mokka (Post 9009386)

In American sitcoms.... this is exactly what would happen and historically has happened.

Yes did you see my link earlier in the thread to fave tv shows of african Americans?

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Originally Posted by Firewire (Post 9009390)

I think it would happen here as well

The UK doesn't have a great track history of black characters in leading roles

although they have with Asian sitcoms

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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 9009391)

Yes did you see my link earlier in the thread to fave tv shows of african Americans?

No....I don't follow you around the forum :smug:

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Originally Posted by Adam. (Post 9009394)

although they have with Asian sitcoms

Not really, I can only think of three and all three are full of offensive stereotypes

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Originally Posted by Mokka (Post 9009397)

No....I don't follow you around the forum :smug:

i thought perhaps you would have scanned the thread before posting?

Jamelia was bottom because a lot of people do not like her personality on Loose Women and there were better dancers :shrug:

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Originally Posted by Braden (Post 9009004)

I do think it's perculiar that an Eastenders actress has gone so early, but I think it's mainly due to her position on the scoreboard.

Ever since John Sergeant there's been a reoccurence that the absolute worst is saved by the public for a period of time. The people who fall in the middle and don't garner enough support for being really good or really bad (like Jamelia last year) always find themselves in the bottom 2. I think that's what happened here.

Nobody voted for her!!! . And yeah it's very very perculiar :bored: yeah right i always knew this would happen , and it's soo awful because think back to past eastenders actors/actresses they never left as early as this so it looks bad all round because some previous EE ACTORS have either won or made it much further in the competition .
case in point >>>>>>>>> :suspect:

JAKE WOOD make it to the semi's
KARA TOINTON won ( matt baker was robbed)
KELLIE BRIGHT made it to the final last year ( she was annoying as f)
SCOTT MASLEN got to the semi's (interesting same as his fictional brother )
LETITIA DEAN made it to week 10 or something
JILL HALFPENNY won (overrated IMO )
even PATSY PALMER made it to week 8 or something
LOUISA LYTTON finished in fourth place (i expected her to win with all the hype they made about her )
MATT DI ANGELO came second (he clearly got sympathy vote in certain weeks )
RICKY GROVES lasted a good few weeks
ANITA DOBSON lasted a good while aswell
NATALIE CASSIDY made it to the quarter's i'm sure
Oh and CHRISTOPHER PARKER finished in second place and he was terrible!!!

I'm not saying the public loves every eastender's actor (in series 6 a few got booted off early on and sid owen left early in another series) but the majority seem to be popular hence the list and they always seem to have a huge fan base , so it's ashame Tameka couldn't of gotten support for atleast a few more weeks , i think it's ridiculous

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Originally Posted by Amy Jade (Post 9008990)

I saw her dance and she wasnt that bad but she wasnt that great either. Her fans dropped the ball nothing about race imo:shrug:

I'm not sure how people can scream racism when Louis Smith and Alesha Dixon have won and Natalie Gumede, Denise Lewis, Simon Webbe, Colin Jackson, Ricky Whittle and Chelsee Healey have reached the final and Martin Offiah came 4th in season 1, Patrick Robinson was like 5th in the season Gumede came 2nd, Sunetra Sarker was 7th I think in a hugely competitive season and Anita Rani was 5th last year wasnt she?

Melvin going 1st was the first time a black contestant has gone first in 15 seasons and he was crap.

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