[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Zizu

I watched a game the other night in the world club competition


The host and three pundits were all black … they were great pundits and 100 times better than someone like Karen Carney but its no good people like Nadiya Hussain claiming they have it harder than the rest … when the opposite appears to be true ..

Its the same with people claiming their sexuality is a barrier yet watch any Big Brother or Love Island spin off and about 70% of the guests panelists will be gay / lesbian or trans .

Oh and for what it’s worth… I really like her and was chuffed to bits when she won the Bake Off years ago ….

The BBC or Ch5 (whoever aired the Club World Cup) were just following what every other corporation is doing at the moment which is DEI hiring.

Tbf, there are certain jobs (Police Force for example,) where DEI hiring actually has merit to it imo.

But for entertainment products? Just cast the best for the job, even if they come from Germany, France, Scotland, or Liverpool.

But black people would get hired for some of these jobs still if they were to hire based on merit, I've always thought that it's racist personally when some people try to argue that "black people wouldn't get hired very often if it were based on merit."

And I know that people don't say it exactly like I've quoted, but it's basically what those types of people mean when they make that argument, and in my view it is shockingly racist.