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BB14 Channel 5's Big Brother: Secrets and Lies (aka Big Brother 14) started June 13th 2013 and was won by Sam Evans.

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Old 13-06-2013, 11:37 PM #1
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Even though there is still 6 housemates to go is anybody a little bit surprised the house is so white?

Sad about the hints they gave us for the next housemates, I was hoping so hard that Annette Edwards & Miss Ticia the african queen with a french accent would be included
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Who cares what colour/gender/sexuality the housemates are?
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We have a housemate of black entering tomorrow.
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I hope there is an Indian. Sree was so awesome.
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I'd rather they chose housemates based on personality rather than "Oh, they're black, stick them in to conform to some PC quota".
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Who the **** cares?

This is a rare occasion I'm going to agree with 08marsh.
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I never noticed to be honest.
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Maybe the best 14 applicants were just white and Asian?
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There are 6 more people going in tomorrow, dexter is Korean?
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I hope there is an Indian. Sree was so awesome.
Sree gave me the creeps!

But what the hell has it got to do with colour anyway? If we have a decent set of housemates who the hell cares what colour the are?

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Why does it matter? LOL

Funny how no one even noticed.

Its all about personality not sexuality/race.
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We have a housemate of black entering tomorrow.
This. I saw some black feet in the bots teaser.
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This is a rare occasion I'm going to agree with 08marsh.
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I'd rather they chose housemates based on personality rather than "Oh, they're black, stick them in to conform to some PC quota".
I agree. Wasn't saying "Oh channel 5 is so racist!" just a bit surprised.
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Its a legitimate question to ask why there are no HM's of colour but immediately the denial starts. Sad.
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I'd rather they chose housemates based on personality rather than "Oh, they're black, stick them in to conform to some PC quota".
I totally agree with you. I detest tokenism just to keep up the quotas.
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"Colour" is such a stupid word to use. There usually is just the token black person anyway and that girl is going in tomorrow I think.
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Wasn't saying people of "color" phased out in the late 1950's?

Theres only 16 people out of thousands so why should they put someone in based on the colour of their skin just to look like they are being accepting lol.
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Wasn't saying people of "color" phased out in the late 1950's?
No. You're thinking of "colored people". It's not the same thing.
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No. You're thinking of "colored people". It's not the same thing.
OP saysno housemates of color aka colored people.

Housemates = people.
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Its a legitimate question to ask why there are no HM's of colour but immediately the denial starts. Sad.
And the legitimate answer is Britain is a predominantly white country. So odds are when you stick 10 people in a house out of 60+ million they're most likely to be white.
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And the legitimate answer is Britain is a predominantly white country. So odds are when you stick 10 people in a house out of 60+ million they're most likely to be white.
My problem is that we cant have a sensible discussion about this issue on this forum.

There's also a thread on this on Ds and if you ignore the jokes there are some sensible comments. There certainly isnt the defensive stance that many on here take. Sad.
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My problem is that we cant have a sensible discussion about this issue on this forum.

There's also a thread on this on Ds and if you ignore the jokes there are some sensible comments. There certainly isnt the defensive stance that many on here take. Sad.
Then start a sensible discussion on the topic and forum members will oblige.

But members starting threads saying viewers are racist or questioning why there aren't black people in the house as though it's a requirement will get a defensive response.

If all you want is people saying "yes, I agree with you. Never mind my own opinion" then I'm not interested.
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