Big Brother racism 2!

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Emily is removed from Big Brother

Emily is a drama student from Bristol

Emily Parr has been removed from the Big Brother house for using a racially offensive word to another housemate.

The 19-year-old from Bristol was taken out of the compound at 0330 BST and was forbidden from having any further contact with the 11 other contestants.

A spokeswoman for Channel 4 said that the decision had been taken because "such behaviour won't be tolerated".

This week's eviction vote, in which Emily was nominated along with Shabnam Paryani, has been suspended.

Regret

Channel 4 said the offensive term was not broadcast in the programme during a live stream, and was immediately reported to senior production staff.

Charley Uchea is the cousin of footballer Kieran Richardson



Emily said: "Are you pushing it out, you ******?" to Charley Uchea, while they were dancing in the living room on Wednesday evening.

Indian-born Nicky Maxwell, who was also present, said to Emily: "Erm, I can't believe you just said that."

Charley said "You are in trouble", adding she was "in shock".

Emily replied: "Don't make a big thing out of it... I was joking."

In consultation with broadcast executives, the decision was taken to remove Emily from the house because she had breached rules governing contestant behaviour.

This includes causing serious offence based on the grounds of race.

Angela Jain, head of the Big Brother commissioning team, said: "The word ****** is clearly racially offensive and there was no justification for its use."

The housemates learned the news from a statement left by Big Brother



She added: "She [Emily] understands why her involvement has come to an end and she very much regrets what she said.

"I think people watching the show tonight will agree that Emily spoke carelessly rather than maliciously - certainly Charley and Nicky, the two housemates most directly involved in the conversation with her, seemed to accept that she did."

Ms Jain said that the decision had been taken in the wake of the alleged racist bullying of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty on Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year.

The broadcaster was censured by media watchdog Ofcom and ordered to make a series of on-air apologies for the incident which prompted a flood of complaints. A spokesman for the Commission For Racial Equality said: "Whichever way you look at it, the 'n' word is clearly offensive. "This will show everyone that racism must never be tolerated in any way, shape or form," he added.

 

Sounds to me from the context like she was saying "nigga" in a friendly / joking manner?

 

They should show her saying it at least then something interesting would have happened in big brother!!!!

 

I didn't like Emily. Although she had a slight resemblance of myself, she was far too stuck up. More so than I think I am. She was verging on the point of pomposity, rather than cockiness. Still, I wouldn't mind fucking her. She considers Indie music more than it actually is.

As for her racism? Meh...You can tell just by the way she uses it as a joke that she was brought up as an upper-class brat.

The best people are the working-class!

 

Jon, that's one thing I can't grasp about your definition of '******' and 'nigga'. They're the same! The only difference is an A.

Would you go up to a black person and greet them with "What's up my nappy headed, Nigga?! Don't worry, I said 'Nigg-A'! See, it has an 'A' at the end, not an 'er'. See, we're cool, right, my niggA?" and then you'd try to touch fists with them, and they'd look at you. I find it an offense to anyone's stupidity, and trivialising something that we, as white people, will NEVER understand.

 

I think you're still in the running for pompous and stuck up there, young matthews:tongue:

 

I don't think the colour of your skin should have any bearing on what words you are allowed to use and in what way. But we've had the nigga debate before, I don't think we should go through all that again...

 

Yeah, I agree, actually.:tongue:

When we meet in Glasto, you'll have to tell me if I'm still as pompous as I seem on here.:tongue: I assure you, I'm not...I don't think so, atleast.

 

http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s4i19944

 

well if she was black and she said this it would be ok right

I think its wrong and racism against the girl kicked off and more likely to to promote racism generally

 

Wrong - although the lady in question was not offended - no offence was meant - it should not be presumed that it is not offensive even if someone of colour said it.
If someone said that too me - I'd kill them.

How ?.

 

and I bet if you went through channel four programmes you could find lots of black people using the word ****** or nigga when refering to people , lots of films that put down other groups people with ginger hair the welsh you name it

its stuff like this that makes people join the kkk and neo nazis .....double standards

and people who are upset by someone talking like this girl without any malice I would say have a inferiority complex and need to grow up .

Im welsh and we get called sheep shaggers and christ knows what, but I wouldnt want someone kicked off a show for calling me whatever instead Id come back at them if I thought they were speaking with malice towards me .

 

I never understood how black people could call each other niggers and then get mad when a white person says it. To be honest I hate the word, it makes me cringe, and not much does, and I don't think anyone should be saying it. I'm glad she got kicked off the show, it shows that it's not alright.

 

Very true actually.

You're Welsh, Jon?! Well bloody 'ell! I didn't know that.:tongue: Where you from?

 

The last thing on C4 I have seen useing that term was a rapper who used it within his lyrics and wanted to stop. I'm sure you can find programmes with people useing that term - i'm not suggesting C4 were not hyper sensitive - I'm just saying say it to me and i'll kill ya.

It is a loaded word with historical connotations - a lot different than ''ginger nut'' or ''sheep shagger''.
I think anybody joining the KKK or BNP on the grounds of ''double standards'' needs there heads looking at.

It was to cut it in the bud as to stop the kind of furore of the previous episode.

 

supposedly ''taking back'' the word - it is crazy though.

 

publicity stunt all over
my friend on death row calls me nigga all the time
( Never Ignorant Getting Goals Achived)

 

I don't think it was a publicity stunt - i don't think C4 need aaannny more publicity at the moment.

 

Sheesh, listen to some "black" music from the past 17 years or so, watch any films from African American culture over the same period and you'll see how ubiquitous this word is. It's so commonplace that its use is dull and unimportant. Maybe people are still shocked because they've been insulated from all that and have never heard any gangsta rap? It's crazy to suggest that only people with a certain skin colour can use the word in the non-offensive context, cultures feed off each other all the time, it's natural and to be expected that if some people start using the word in new contexts and start to change its meaning, that new meaning will find its way throughout the rest of our culture. It's the most natural and non-racist thing in the world and shows how accepting you are of other cultures to appropriate their words. What is racist is suggesting that only black people are allowed to use it or that nobody is ever allowed to say it in case they offend someone.

 

well at one time early 1960s it was very rude to call people black, you called them coloured or negro I actually remember that .

would it be ok to say wats up negro instead of wats up ****** ?

****** comes from niger which is black in latin so how is that different from calling someone black because thats what your actually saying


I was born in south wales used to live in lampeter and porthcawl