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Old 23-07-2010, 07:57 AM #26
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are you being serious, talk about petty.
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People are far to eager to throw the word 'racist' around nowadays! It was nothing of the sort!!!
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did she mean boat as in slavery boats like in Amistad or boat as in I jjust got back from Ibiza?
For anyone who didn't get the bleeped word, Rachael was talking about the so-called banana boat, the term used for the way black people originally got to the UK. Used to be derogatory, now dropped into obscurity. Hence the mystified comments :-)
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did she use it as a way of intimidating Rachel??? if she did then it becomes racist otherwise it doesn't mean anything IMO
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Know your history....'straight off the banana boat' is a reference to people coming to the UK from the Caribbean. It was used mostly by other Caribbean people to describe the newly arrived as they had little idea how to dress for the British weather or in the fashion of the time.

It was the cheapest way to get to the UK to come with the cargoes of bananas ...on the banana boats.
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OP. So what you are saying is Rachel was racist towards herself and her ancestory? And she should be offended by her own comments?
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I used to here the the term banana boat all the time when I was a bit younger. Still do form time to time. It was always used in reference to a persons stupidity or intelligence.
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I get it. But since she's half where I'm from, I don;t take offense If it was a full Caucasian person that said that... xD I didn't take offense to Emily's comment either, it was a joke. Stupid Big Brother.
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Josie and andrew were chattin on the sofa's abit ago when Rachel walks into room when josie goes... "Rachel you look really dark!"

Rachel "Do I?..I know I look like I've just stepped of the....'pause'..boat!"

Anyone else pick up on that..

Derogataory comment towards black people I'm not black myself but if i was i would have definatley taken offence to that!
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What is derogatory about that statement?

and black people (or non white people to be accurate as she is kind of beige) cant be racist about themselves since many call each other the n word - so they cant have it both ways
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Rachel is black....................
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I get it. But since she's half where I'm from, I don;t take offense If it was a full Caucasian person that said that... xD I didn't take offense to Emily's comment either, it was a joke. Stupid Big Brother.
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Rachel is black....................
I would imagine one parent is black and one white

so why is she black

why cant she be white?
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so why is she black

why cant she be white?
I didn't know that, well let me re phrase then Rachel has black in her so I'm sure she isn't racist
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she would prefer ben in her
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hahaha, ew why though?
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I'm Irish and in the 1950's and 60's people coming from Ireland to UK via Hollyhead or Liverpool used to say they had come on the 'cattle boat.' So Rachel would have been describing what many elderly Black would have described without it being a race issue.
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She might not have meant in that way, I'm mixed race no where near as dark as her (jealous) & I don't think she'd have meant it in an offensive way.
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Not Racist. Emily was not racist but still BB got rid of her.
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she meant her dark clothing , god even thats racist now
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I co-sign the fact that he speaks for us all in this case.

All that can be said on this thread is LOL.
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