You read that correctly folks; this is the 50th post on my blog. Though the regularity of my posts has occasionally been a little patchy, I have stuck with it and hopefully raised some thought-provoking ideas.
For those of you who have been keeping track of the news this last week will have seen the events unfolding within The Most Talked About House in the UKTM; Celebrity Brig Brother. As my friends can attest, I'm not a big fan of reality television and especially not of Big Brother (BB) in any form.
It appears that I'm not alone in my dislike of BB as approximately 20k people have sent complaints in concerning the abuse of one house-mate; Shilpa Shetty. She is a well-known Bollywood actress and has been subject to racial comments from three of her fellow house-mates.
I have only heard about some of the comments made second or even third-hand. What little I've read makes my blood run cold. No one deserves to be treated in such a manner and quite rightly a fair few people have said so to Channel 4 and Endemol (broadcasters and producers of the show respectively). The number I quoted earlier will continue to rise and has already made one of the shows sponsors, Carphone Warehouse, withdraw their support with immediate effect.
To illustrate this is, as far as I'm aware, an unprecedented move by Carphone Warehouse. One which will make others take a breathless step back and consider their involvement in the show.
If this is not backlash enough, news has spread back to Shetty's home country of India. Demonstrations have already taken place and several questions relating to this have been asked of Gordon Brown (Chancellor of the Exchequer). That has caused questions to be raised in parliament, something not take lightly.
I said my blood ran cold at hearing this. In our modern, well-adjusted society, it appears that racism isn't dead yet. I'm not so naive to think that racism doesn't exist, but I do think that people would have learned by now not to air such thoughts in public; let alone on national television.
The three house-mates involved in verbally attacking Shetty are going to be in serious trouble once the show has finished, if it's not cancelled or they are removed first. I find it unlikely that the three will find much employment and relations between the U.K and India will be frosty for quite some time.
Unless Channel 4 or Endemol take action they could be faced with serious reprisals.
Alex.
For those of you who have been keeping track of the news this last week will have seen the events unfolding within The Most Talked About House in the UKTM; Celebrity Brig Brother. As my friends can attest, I'm not a big fan of reality television and especially not of Big Brother (BB) in any form.
It appears that I'm not alone in my dislike of BB as approximately 20k people have sent complaints in concerning the abuse of one house-mate; Shilpa Shetty. She is a well-known Bollywood actress and has been subject to racial comments from three of her fellow house-mates.
I have only heard about some of the comments made second or even third-hand. What little I've read makes my blood run cold. No one deserves to be treated in such a manner and quite rightly a fair few people have said so to Channel 4 and Endemol (broadcasters and producers of the show respectively). The number I quoted earlier will continue to rise and has already made one of the shows sponsors, Carphone Warehouse, withdraw their support with immediate effect.
To illustrate this is, as far as I'm aware, an unprecedented move by Carphone Warehouse. One which will make others take a breathless step back and consider their involvement in the show.
If this is not backlash enough, news has spread back to Shetty's home country of India. Demonstrations have already taken place and several questions relating to this have been asked of Gordon Brown (Chancellor of the Exchequer). That has caused questions to be raised in parliament, something not take lightly.
I said my blood ran cold at hearing this. In our modern, well-adjusted society, it appears that racism isn't dead yet. I'm not so naive to think that racism doesn't exist, but I do think that people would have learned by now not to air such thoughts in public; let alone on national television.
The three house-mates involved in verbally attacking Shetty are going to be in serious trouble once the show has finished, if it's not cancelled or they are removed first. I find it unlikely that the three will find much employment and relations between the U.K and India will be frosty for quite some time.
Unless Channel 4 or Endemol take action they could be faced with serious reprisals.
Alex.
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