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Originally Posted by garinda
Shilpa's cooking skills were questioned, and she was rudely called a dog, behind her back. Also agree that her name was constantly mispronounced by one housemate, but so was bloody Ken Russell's, as was Dirk Benedict's name by Shilpa herself.
Is that racist?
Is it f**k!
This kind of over sensitive, liberal clap trap, takes away some of the gravitas from when real racism does occur, and the very real problems it brings.
I say this as someone who as sixteen year old received death threats, for publicly standing up and shaming the intelligence of the local leader of the National Front.
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You've missed a fair bit then. Jo and Danielle have been imitating her accent - and not in a jokey way with her as she has with Jade. They've been doing it behind her back to insult her, exaggerating her accent in an attempt to undermine her. Danielle has made comments about Indian culture in the context that we are better than them. Jack has also been saying some very ambiguous things.
While that might not be seen as straight racism by some people and it is almost probably the product of ignorance, jealousy and bullying, the fact is they are still using the girls race to insult and undermine her.
That's what's getting up some people's noses.