[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by alex_front2

What's quite interesting is people took against Shilpa and now Deana and said they are stuck up. But we've had stuck up white people on BB and nobody has really taken against them. Scot revels in being snotty (he'd take it as a compliment) and discused his views on chavs in his VT and yet noone is giving him a hard time despite the fact he actually comes from a more humble background. It's as if there is an implicit resentment that Indian (or anyone who isn't white) shouldn't get 'above their station' and be more financial successful than the average white person. It reminds me when Oprah Winfrey went to Hermes (lavish luxury items) store in Paris and was almost thrown out by security despite being smartly dressed


Despite the fact that India China will have the biggest economies.

What are you talking about, Caroline is constantly being accused of being stuck up and I have to remind you Shilpa won that show and almost everyone was on her side.

[Yayita]

If Arron and Conor are racist towards Deana, lets see how they behave towards Shivonne and Adam, that would prove it dont you think? Maybe they just don't like Deana for whatever reason.

[billy123]

Originally Posted by Yayita

If Arron and Conor are racist towards Deana, lets see how they behave towards Shivonne and Adam, that would prove it dont you think? Maybe they just don't like Deana for whatever reason.

Post of the thread to be honest.

Theres no need to analyse it whatsoever and for anyone to get uppity and offended on anyone elses behalf is patronising and a bit prejudice in itself.

[Yayita]

Originally Posted by bobnot

Post of the thread to be honest.

Theres no need to analyse it whatsoever and for anyone to get uppity and offended on anyone elses behalf is patronising and a bit prejudice in itself.

Thank you sir, sometimes we over analyze things, time will tell.

[fruit_cake]

I can't see the connection between Arron's pranks on Deana and racism, that would require a brain of at least some sorts.

[lostalex]

it's not racist to be happy to see a black f1 driver just l9ke it's not sexist to celebrate seeing a woman Chinese astronaut. obviously in a perfect world we wouldn't need to celebrate these things, but we don't live in a perfect world.

As i was saying before the word racist has lost all meaning now because people use it in wacky ways, people don't even know what it means any more.

[Bluerang1]

I don't think they're being racist just stupid. However, if Deana was black, I may have pulled the race card, sorry.

[Samuel.]

You're only being racist if your intent is to be offensive, in the case of Emily Parr, she wasn't.

Impossible to accuse Arron or Conor of actually being racist, unless they bring her race up in a derogatory way.

[Kizzy]

It's just because she gets whiney, her and lydia..still can't believe lyds nominated her....

[fruit_cake]

Your Result
Your data suggest a moderate automatic preference for European American compared to African American.
The interpretation is described as 'automatic preference for European American' if you responded faster when European American faces and Good words were classified with the same key than when African American faces and Good words were classified with the same key. Depending on the magnitude of your result, yo

interesting, tyvm Kizzy!

[Mystic Mock]

I don't think Conor and Arron are racists.

Charlie Drummond from BB10 however is a completely different story as on launch night he completely blanked Benazir, hated Siavash before Siavash even done anything wrong, and he just never seemed to like any ethnic person.

[Redway]

There's nothing I can add that hasn't already been said but I agree with the general idea that whoever brings up the race card for this is either taking the piss or genuinely needs to stop posting on here and get an education.

If you're on a game show then it is your duty to judge people based on their personality. If people don't like Deana then perhaps it's because of her personality rather than the colour of their skin. The lot of them are there to judge personalities and to try and defend your favourite housemate with an incredibly weak and stupid argument then you know something's wrong.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by The Mockinator

I don't think Conor and Arron are racists.

Charlie Drummond from BB10 however is a completely different story as on launch night he completely blanked Benazir, hated Siavash before Siavash even done anything wrong, and he just never seemed to like any ethnic person.

You're never going to know what they say about Deana behind closed doors. They could have for more negative views on her based on personality or they could indeed be racist. There's no way of knowing if someone's racist at all if they don't make a public display of it.

The thing that grates me is the fact that some people on here think they can use the race card to defend Deana. I'm actually really struggling to get my head around it all.

[Jords]

Nobody is racist fgs

[King Gizzard]

I bet there have been other Emily incidents BB have covered up, they just wanted to make an example that time

Twas very harsh on here I think that time, scapegoated

[vortex]

Racism can have many layers and it can be hard to spot at first sight, a person could make a joke about someone else's race but so subtle nobody notices it, in this BB house I dont really think there's any sort of racism against the minorities, I just think Arron, Conor and Luke S want Deana out cos she's an easy target.

[achro]

Why is everyone saying racism needs to be "intended" for it to be racism?

This is not true at all.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by achro

Why is everyone saying racism needs to be "intended" for it to be racism?

This is not true at all.

I don't think it needs to be "intended", to be racist but I do think that being intentionally racist is far worse than someone using a racist term through ignorance.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by achro

Why is everyone saying racism needs to be "intended" for it to be racism?

This is not true at all.

It does need to be intended. There are two types of racism: (1) out of sheer ignorance and stupidity, buying into incredibly weak ideas and stereotypes without knowing the facts and (2) knowing the facts yet continuing to look down on a particular race or more.

[Livia]

Some people on here have made Jew jokes to me and I've laughed, because I know them, and I know that the intention was for me to laugh. And I did laugh because they were funny and meant in fun. If someone I don't really know makes Jew jokes, it's hard to tell whether their intention is to be funny or unkind. You have to know someone well before you can take liberties with them. However, it's not for someone else to say that something is offensive and to be outraged on another person's behalf if the person on the receiving end is not insulted and well able to speak for themselves.