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BB16 Big Brother 16 aka Big Brother: Timebomb started 12th May 2015, and was won by Chloe Wilburn. Discuss the housemates and show in this forum.
Housemates (tags): point Aaron, point Adjoa, point Amy, point Chloe, point Cristian, point Danny, point Eileen, point Harriet, point Harry Amelia, point Jack, point Jade, point Joel, point Kieran, point Marc, point Nick, point Sally, point Sam, point Sarah, point Simon, point HM Fan clubs (appreciation) ... Legend HMs: Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, point Brian Belo, point Helen Wood, point Nikki Grahame,

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Yes, it was ignorant whether she liked Adjoa or not 31 83.78%
Yes, it was ignorant whether she liked Adjoa or not
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No, it was an innocent mistake 6 16.22%
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Old 16-05-2015, 07:16 PM #1
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Who called Adjoa, Ebola?
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Who called Adjoa, Ebola?
An ignorant old hag in the BOTS audience.

What's worse is Rylan didn't even apologise on behalf of her. I remember Emma apologised when Aisleyne simply said the C word. But nothing in this incidence of racism.
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It wasn't in good taste, but neither was it a direct case of racism. Rylan wouldn't want to draw attention to it. Bots is a crap program with idiot guests, presenter an audience. The solution is simple. Don't watch it.
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Yes, the woman knew exactly what she was doing.
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Definitely. I hope ofcom received many complaints about it, although people won't be bothered because it's a generally disliked housemate.
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I thought it was hilarious
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I laughed at it in a 'wow' kind of way and I see why people are annoyed but at the end of the day she said a lot of nice things about her afterwards so I feel like she was just trying to be funny. If she'd said it in the context of criticism a la Jade Goody's 'Shilpa Poppadom' then it would've been really unacceptable but as it is this will all blow over by next week
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I was shocked by it, you don't call any black person Ebola
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I was shocked by it, you don't call any black person Ebola
You don't call anyone Ebola full stop. It's not something to joke about.
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I was shocked by it, you don't call any black person Ebola
Ebola has killed people of many different races..
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Yes. Really ignorant and uncalled for.
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I don't think the woman meant it in a malicious way. It slipped out, she was probably doing of for a comedic effect because she forgot her name. It is easy to forget names at this early stage. The housemates are doing it too and they live together!

It was really stupid what she said, however I think it was a mistake.
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I don't think the woman meant it in a malicious way. It slipped out, she was probably doing of for a comedic effect because she forgot her name. It is easy to forget names at this early stage. The housemates are doing it too and they live together!

It was really stupid what she said, however I think it was a mistake.
Racism is comedy now? And regardless of forgetting her name, it is really obvious that she is not called Ebola.
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Racism is comedy now? And regardless of forgetting her name, it is really obvious that she is not called Ebola.
No of course it's not. I'm not condoning her behaviour. But I don't think it was racist. I think racist connotations can be attached to it. But so can a lot of things these days.

I do think people can be over sensitive these days though.
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No of course it's not. I'm not condoning her behaviour. But I don't think it was racist. I think racist connotations can be attached to it. But so can a lot of things these days.

I do think people can be over sensitive these days though.
I know part of the racism in question has to do with the connotations of Ebola, but IMO what makes it racist is the whole "lol you don't have a 'normal' name so let me call you something else for comedic effect" shtick. That **** happened on Survivor this year with Shirin and it wasn't cute then.
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Racism is comedy now? And regardless of forgetting her name, it is really obvious that she is not called Ebola.
Ebola is a disease that strikes down all races. It is not directly a racist comment.
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i'm not sure she meant it in a racist way but it is still offensive without the racist implications
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She knew exactly what she was saying and I hope she has been banned from bbbots

If Adjoa was white she wouldn't have said it
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I was a bit shocked when she said it, not sure how you can get Ebola and Adjoa mixed up

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She was trying to be funny but she just came across as ignorant and offensive.
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