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Originally Posted by Scream
Well calling someone Mr Chow isn't racist. If someone referred me to someone of the same ethnicity I wouldn't think anything of it. There's a resemblance though...
Also, I don't think Jemima should have got a warning but she also said Gina probably wouldn't go out with a white person. Gina has never said anything to imply that so she's saying as Gina is black she wouldn't date a white person. It could be deemed racist. 
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Oh I don't think it's racist either (probably didn't make that clear in the OP) - what I mean is, if we're going to label anything as Politically Incorrect/Racist etc - surely it would be referring to an Asian housemate as 'Mr Chow.'
I don't find it offensive - but people could argue that it's prejudice and we're saying Dexter looks the same as all Asians. (A common stereotype that's threw about is that all Asians are identical).
I just think it's hilarious how they can give Jemima a warning for not going for Black guys, when they can publicly brand Dexter as 'Mr Chow' - because if anything is going to 'offend some viewers at home' it would certainly be that.