big brother racist?
Current mood: aggravated
This accusation of big brother being racist is interested on a number of levels. Firstly 10 plus contestants stuck in a house is supposed to be a reflection of the society that we live in, a social experiment. There is traditionally one gay, one black, one Asian contestant and the rest of them a mix of white female and male contestants from North and South of the country.
Celebrity big brother 2007 is no different. there is a cross section of society albeit from different countries of the world but once again you have the gay, black, Asian and northern and southern white contestants.
unfortunately racism is an integral part of society so why is the country surprised that racism exists in the house?
2000 complaints of racism were received by Ofcom. Viewers were unhappy with the treatment that Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty had received from the other housemates.
Females in the house have called her dog, she has been eferred to as the Indian because her name proved too difficult to pronounce or remember. for me the most hurtful and frustrating example of the racism is the Ostrasising of Shilpa by Jade, Danielle and Jo.
Racism has been an issue in every house since the beginning of big brother from Davina's interview of Macozie to Barrymore's abusive behaviour towards Dennis Rodman. So why has it been such a major issue on this occasion.
Shilpa Shetty is a Bollywood queen. Although she is Indian, the Bollywood industry is embraced Pakistan, Bangladesh and other South-Eastern Asians alike. Within their individual communities Asian communities are very close knit. The appreciation of Bollywood is a common denominator that brings them all together. The fact that Ofcom received over 2000 complaints and the fact that the issue is to be raised in the House of Commons by MP Keith Vaz is a clear example of how the Asian community have come together and have voiced their disgust at her treatment.
Racism takes many forms. One may be a victim of direct racial abuse or racially motivated physical abuse. But Institutional racism can be so underlying that even the perpetrator is unaware that what they are subjecting the victim to. The nation may pass it off as bullying but that us only because they probably have never experienced it themselves to know what it is.
Their grouping and bitching about Shilpa is classic example of Institutional racism that happens in the classrooms and offices of the country. I have experienced this exclusion from my white peers from primary school straight up to the office in my last place of work. there is a way in which one is felt that the reason that they are not privy to their conversations is because they are not worthy and not because their difference is a threat to these bullies as their ignorance and arrogance may be exposed.
Racism has been an issue in every house since the beginning of big brother from Davina's interview of Macozie to Barrymore's abusive behaviour towards Dennis Rodman. So why has it been such a major issue on this occasion.
Shilpa Shetty is a Bollywood queen. Although she is Indian, the Bollywood industry is embraced in Pakistan, Bangladesh and other South-Eastern Asians alike. Within their individual communities Asian communities are very close knit. The appreciation of Bollywood is a common denominator that brings them all together. The fact that Ofcom received over 2000 complaints and the fact that the issue is to be raised in the House of Commons by MP Keith Vaz is a clear example of how the Asian community have come together and have voiced their disgust at her treatment.
Racism takes many forms. One may be a victim of direct racial abuse or racially motivated physical abuse. But Institutional racism can be so underlying that even the perpetrator is unaware that what they are subjecting the victim to. The nation may mask it as bullying but that us only because they probably have never experienced it themselves to know what it is.
Shilpa Shetty is a beautiful, successful, classy, strong young lady who highlights the ugliness and stupidity of the likes of Danielle, Jo and Jade and has provided the country with a illustration of the institutional racisim that unfortunately is endemic in this country.
