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Originally Posted by Vicky.
Jack actually called Shilpa a p**i. There was definitely racism involved. Though I do think it was more a clash of cultures in Jades case, but she said some pretty racist things..maybe out of ignorance more than anything else, but she was racist.
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Did he? I always remember him being the worst of the lot so that doesn't surprise me. See I also remember (I think it was Danielle) saying something like 'she should **** off back to her own country' or something along those lines and that's not racist...more...xenophobic really. The 'Shilpa Poppadom' comment was probably an ignorant cultural based remark too. I do think a lot of it in Jade's case was ignorance and I've never thought she was a racist and the media spin and exaggeration that year was appalling and is actually what led to the show's demise, but she was definitely a bully and it was really uncomfortable viewing. I think a lot of it with Jade was that she didn't
mean to bully Shilpa or make xenophobic/racist comments, i.e. that wasn't really her, she just kind of fell into a trap and didn't realise that what she was doing was bullying and the pack mentality she had with the three girls and Jack made it a lot worse. Whereas Jack always seemed like he got some kind of pleasure out of it which was really quite vile to be honest.