So should Emily haver been given the boot - the clear answer is yes, C4 had no choice, but by doing so it has to be seen as a knee-jerk reaction, as they must ignore context.
But in doing so Łndemol and C4 have now opened a Pandoras Box to put the complaints in.
Why ?, well Charley used the word herself, describing herself as a N***r about a week ago.
What Łndemol have now done is laid open a whole raft of accusations regarding censorship.
The incident was a world away from what happened in CBB5, contextually, so now C4 have been forced to put a blanket ban on a word - this does not bode well for some artistically worthy material
Who is allowed to say what ?, this discussion has been going on for years, but what this will come to is this : a caucasian contestant on BB was booted out for using the word n****r and another contestant "a person of colour" wasn't, though used the same word in the same context, i.e. during verbage.
This will inevitably fall back onto the risible "black people can't be racist" argument which frankly holds no water.
What do we censor next, songs ?
All rap songs go
All American based street poetry, the likes of Gil Scott Heron - goes.
Lets get more specific, how about Sly and the Family Stone ?, a superb band starting in the late 60's, their track "Don't Call Me N****r, Whitey", would anyone care to elucidate which of the epithets in that title is racist, or are they both ?, is it a racist song ? - its certainly a protest song, but if racist, the racist in regards to whom ?
How about Patti Smith and "Rock and Roll N***er" - anyone care to venture if that is a racist song based upon the title alone, what would happen if a HM ever mentioned that song by name, or the Sly Stone one ?.
The show is crippled, the "celebs" of CBB5 have seen to that.
Sad but true
