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Originally Posted by caprimint
It's just funny that the only people who seem to have an issue year after year are black people themselves...creating issues that aren't there. Gifty was a **** singer, Fleur only made it that far based on her performances not her singing. Alex was a great singer however and she won.
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From my perspective I've found that more white people are bothered about people complaining about racism than there are people complaining about racism
In this instance, I agree with bits from both sides e.g. I agree with Pete that it's impossible to discuss the possibility of race playing a factor in voting because people on the other side of the argument will always play the "but Leona won!!! Alexandra and JLS were top 2!!!" card etc. At the same time, I don't think Relley's elimination had much to do with race, more to do with underediting. However I do think some of the comments calling Gifty "arrogant, a madam, diva, cocky, too much attitude" etc (which have stemmed right from the first episode when we barely even knew her) may have some racial undertones since you could argue she's no more confident or 'full of attitude' as people like Matt or Ryan are. Whether people's perception of Gifty's personality played a part in the public vote, I don't know.
I rarely get into debates about race with people anymore because it's a topic that both sides of the argument feel strong about and we can say whatever we want but we'll never change each others minds