who was offended by corrie?
 

not that i watch it but who was offended by the comments made by a charachter about sunita livin like "white trash"

and why?

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When? Yesterday? Missed that.:(

It's only offensive because it's soooo American.

White trash/poor white trash/trailer park trash.

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It is offensive on nearly every level. Sadly it's become a sort of chic badge of honour. Btitney Spears even had it on her t-shirt.

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that term really kicked off thanks to one show

jerry jerry jerry!!!

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Who was the first black character in Corrie?

I remember Ray Langton left Deidre for a black girl, who incidentally starred in BBC1's Angels a few years earlier. It was about 1976.

Good I must have been a sad ten year old.:)

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Talk to the hand Mani, lol.:D

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this is becomming on the verge of racism, dont watch the crap never will!have freinds that are both black and white,so what does that make me? an in be tweener, lol the government know jack **** they are tucked away in there big houses (not paying council tax) and creaming off what they can ....................ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL. SIMPLE REALLY.

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GO STAGGERS, GO STAGGERS, GO STAGGERS!:D

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how easy it is to offend.. it went in one ear and out of the other...

never thought anything about it untill i just read this thread...
its still only a soap... i was more interested at jack in the noddy...lol

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Normal .

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I believe they have been reported to the broadcasting standards commitee for it.

Just think what the uproar would have been if it had been racist against blacks as opposed to being racist against whites.

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I was watching a film the other night and 2 black blokes were calling each other nigger. I bet no-one complained about that. What is the problem?

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I didn't even notice it - and I was watching the programme. Reading about it next day in the papers I just thought, "Well he would say that, wouldn't he?" For God's sake, what a fuss about nothing at all.

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It's just another way for the PC brigade to stir up trouble. I like people of all creeds and colours, there are also people of the same & or different creeds and colours I don't like.... because you can't like everybody all of the time.

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comments are all about why the comment was made, as neil pointed out two black guys can call each other nigger and nothings made of it, ozzys call us pomms and nothings made of it cos nothings meant by it. but when your called a dirty pomm, then it tends to have a racial intent. It's where how and to who it's said not just what is said. There's banter and there's racism.
I don't agree with all this pc rubbish, most of the so called victims of racism don't agree with the ludicrous rules anyway. In fact a lot of the are creating racism where there was non to start with by suggesting that there is racism there.
BUT by what's been said here. it sounds like corrie have gone to close to the edge.

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I weren't offended at all, it went in one ear and out the other!

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Im more offended by the fact that if it was a white person referring to someone as a nigger serious action would have been taken.and probably the number of complaints would have been in their thousands rather than the hundreds in this case.

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I took exception to that comment by Sunita's brother plain and simply because if the boot had been on the other foot and the comment had been aimed at Asians, let alone to call them trash as well, then I'm sure the you must all realise that the s**t would have definately hit the fan big time.

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I adore Corrie, as usually very funny and inoffensive, however, that remark did jolt me a little, but only because of reasons as above, and wondered how it got by the Producer's eye .. sure it didn't and was left in the script for some sort of reaction from the public. Did sorta' suggest that all white single mothers living in a flat over a corner shop were trash and of course, Asians don't do this do they ??
Sorry, Granny thought of Jack in his nuddy doesn't excite me at all, although funny storyline. :)

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I'm actually glad corrie is getting a dose of reality. This is a soap supposedly a social commentary set in Manchester remember...the locals arent exactly all politically correct.
Finally it's highlighting some other issues apart from the 133rd love triangle...

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I was more shocked at the way Sally is with Rosie

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yes ...after her fling with that garage chap.... has kevin found out about that yet?:confused:

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Oh my goodness, Granny, you must have missed about 10 episodes along the line :D

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missed!, Ain't she lucky.
Talking of rosie, ain't she grown up to be a pretty lil lass

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Yes, that was a really wicked piece of script, wasn't it ?? Made 'my blood boil' .. all credit to the actors for doing that, however, as previously stated if Sally had told Rosie she was behaving like a piece of black trash, would have been some interesting reactions, don't you think ?

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She's got black hair!

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I wish they'd blow Sally up.

She does my nut in, how can anyone have such an annoying voice?
Rubbish character rubbish actress.
Blow her up!! kaboooooooooom

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the problem is that hypocrites hide behind a wall of self rightousness that
stinks worse than a cell at the maize prison.....

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I wonder if Ken Barlow will highlight this issue in his local newspaper?