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CBB20 Celebrity Big Brother Summer 2017 [CBB 20] was was won by Sarah Harding. Discuss the series and housemates here.
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08-08-2017, 12:01 PM | #1 | ||
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Can You understand why being called racist for mispronouncing someones name might make you a bit angry.
Big Brother lecturing like this is unbelievable.BB is a scumbag who's main aim is to sew division and film the petty bickering.I remember the Jade Goody/Shilpa controversy that Endemol milked for all it was worth. |
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08-08-2017, 12:07 PM | #2 | |||
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It can seem racist though
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08-08-2017, 12:07 PM | #3 | ||
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Yeah it was Karthick who brought up the race card and BB should not have pandered to it.Fair enough mispronouncing somebody's name is annoying but to bring racism into it just undermines actual racism.BB should know better.
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08-08-2017, 12:16 PM | #4 | ||
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The definition of what is racist is becoming so all consuming it's gettin' ridiculous.
I've always thought shows like BB are also involved in "nudging" the public in terms of their atitudes into the politically correct consensus we now find ourselves. It's all about getting someone to say something a bit off colour and then punishing them and publicly shaming them. Last edited by johnx; 08-08-2017 at 12:18 PM. |
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08-08-2017, 12:17 PM | #5 | |||
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Mispronouncing someone's name is not racist. Everyone at work spells my name wrong. I never once thought it was racist.
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08-08-2017, 12:20 PM | #6 | |||
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sadly calling someone a racist is now used as an insult more than anything
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08-08-2017, 12:22 PM | #7 | |||
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It's understandable mispronouncing it for the first few times if it's an unusual/uncommon name, but after that it's wrong and disrespectful.
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08-08-2017, 12:22 PM | #8 | |||
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Paul is not racist at all. He just has a temper and sometimes he can control it. Him and Karthik don't like each other, they will always clash.
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08-08-2017, 12:57 PM | #9 | ||
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How many times does it have to be explained to ignorant people that this wasn't a mispronunciation of a name. It was a deliberate changing of someone's name, totally different thing altogether.
I didn't think it was racist initially but it certainly shows a total lack of respect. And after Paul going off on another one at Karthik last night saying if he brought up the racist card again he would regret it I can totally see why BB called him to the diary room. They were more or less telling him that Karthik had a right to be offended. And he did. |
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08-08-2017, 01:03 PM | #10 | ||
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It wasn't an accidental mispronunciation or a mistake. Paul purposefully set out to antagonise him by not only getting his name completely wrong on multiple occasions but doing so by referring to him as a country that's not likely got anything to do with his heritage other than he shares similar brown skin to the majority of people that live there.
It's no different to the racism that Jade Goody and her odious mother put out towards Shilpa. |
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08-08-2017, 01:07 PM | #11 | |||
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Paul didn't call him quatar. He said Kartha. Not the same thing. And Sam also called him that, but. Karthik didn't call him racist.
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08-08-2017, 01:16 PM | #12 | ||
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08-08-2017, 01:17 PM | #13 | |||
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Edit, just to add what Jade said was commonly used by racists and therefore can't be viewed the same Last edited by bitontheslide; 08-08-2017 at 01:18 PM. |
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08-08-2017, 01:18 PM | #14 | ||
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And it was explained last night by Karthik and BB to Paul and to everyone else that the problem was Paul REPEATEDLY SHOUTED the Quatar at him, doesn't matter what way you spell it Vanessa, it sounds the same.
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08-08-2017, 01:19 PM | #15 | ||
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08-08-2017, 01:22 PM | #16 | |||
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08-08-2017, 01:26 PM | #17 | ||
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Okay, you obviously hang around in different circles to me. NEVER heard it used that way in my life.
Not that I'm saying Jade was in the right, I'm certainly not but it certainly isn't a racist term where I come from. |
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08-08-2017, 02:40 PM | #18 | |||
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08-08-2017, 02:44 PM | #19 | |||
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BB can't do right from wrong in these situations, I suspect they had a few complaints from the usual idiots and had to be seen to do something.
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08-08-2017, 02:48 PM | #20 | ||
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I Can Understand How A Capital Letter At The Beginning Of Every Word Can Be Really Irritating Though.
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08-08-2017, 02:52 PM | #21 | |||
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Paul knew his name yet repeatedly called him by the wrong name to get a reaction there was racial undertones to it
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08-08-2017, 02:57 PM | #22 | |||
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If you're intentionally continuously mispronouncing a "foreign" name for the sake of inane attempts at humour, there are of course going to be unsavory connotations there.
I don't think Paul is racist but he absolutely is a juvenile, obnoxious, unfunny prat. |
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08-08-2017, 03:12 PM | #23 | |||
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08-08-2017, 03:21 PM | #24 | |||
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08-08-2017, 03:25 PM | #25 | |||
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It is understandable that Karthik could have perceived it as racist because he could see that Paul was doing it on purpose and, more importantly, the fake name that Paul was using sounded like Qatar which is an east indian airline. Also, Karthik gave Paul the benefit of the doubt when he said he didn't realize it was the airline and he dropped the whole thing. It was Paul that can't let go and I think it was good of BB to straighten him up about it to avoid further conflict between the two of them. |
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