TV viewers in the UK are outraged at the racist treatment meted out to actress Shilpa Shetty on the reality show Celebrity Big Brother. Over the past few days, fellow participants have called Shilpa “dogâ€, “Pakiâ€, and other offensive names.
Media watchdog Ofcom has received 7600 complaints about alleged racism. Viewers believe Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is being targeted by housemates Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O’Meara because she is Indian. They believe housemates Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O’Meara have made racist jibes about the actress.
“What this treatment of Shilpa has done is remind a lot of Asian people in Britain of the type of uncomfortable treatment they’ve received themselves over the years.” –Goodness Gracious Me star
The 7,600 complaints made to Ofcom are the highest number ever received about any series of Big Brother.
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Racism is a very serious issue.Instead of avoiding we all need to defend it. No matter which country you live in. British have always been racist. They are bunch of mad people who steals others land, money, Diamonds and act as if they are the best in the world. Shilpa is a very mature girl and I am sure she is going to handle this situation very smartly.
Well… dog is not a racist word.. but Paki certainly is.. I read of something about Indians eating using hands… chicket etc….
Racism is definitely serious issue.Cowards will resort to this when they doesn’t have any option to defend themselves or scared/not confident of themselves.
Bristish still had it.They are not changing with time, already they lost their respect and coming few decades we will be seeing them as so called “3rd World countries”..
Racism should be considered as a non tolelable behavior which should be condemned by each every till their heart. Mainly these people from west always says that they are fighting for cause, they are doing the charity and so on…, but the most importent thing is behaving in such a way they should not hurt others, but unfortunately they are doing this. One real thing that everyone knows is origin of human is monkey, but these people think they are god’s ancesters. One should be down to earth, if they want to achieve some thing, things might work some times but not always, definitely they will be defeated. Shilpa All the best.
LISTEN U GUYS IF SOME ONE TRY TO PLAY WID INDIAN GIRL OR ACTRESS OR WATEVER.. SAYS THAT PAKI’S BEHIND IT..OR SAYS PAKI NAME .. & U RRED DON’T MAKE THIS STATEMENT AGAIN COZ I SWEAR I’LL LOSE MY TEMPER .. ( LISTEN THESE ALL PPL’S WANT US TO FIGHT ONLY THATS WHY THEY CALL THIS THING TO US…. ) COZ THEY R GOING IN DIFFERENT WAY & THEY WANT US TO SEND DIFFERNT WAY… THINK ABOUT IT..!
Racism! off course it shouldn’t be, but we should get a lesson with this game, why we did change our culture. We know very well, they (specially British) would never accept us in this new developing world competition. whatever….
I donot understand why shilpa shetty is speaking about Religion or other stuff for example …I should sleep in North like this ….Do u think other people know these stuff ..No way ….
Do any one know the culture of indian esp the Westers may be little
Hallo Shilpa ,
I know that you are not fine in Uk but what is this you have done …If you want to marry a Black do it ..Donot get the persnal life to others paersonal life ….That means donot let you things to go to others its good for you really …There are certain things in life have to happen in this way …no body can’t help it ……
hay guys…
u all have been discussing it as an act of racism but thats the truth..the fact is that shilpa is so beautiul and gained so much popularity in the house that every male except one is after her.If it had to be a racists comment it would have been on the very first day when she entered the house but it happened gradually when jade and danielle felt insecured of her. So let her live on her own and hope for the best of her..i am sure she is smart nuff to tackle it.
big bow to shilpa
Oh God! what that girl thinks of herself? I totally agree with Anjali about “British have always been racist. They are bunch of mad people who steals others land, money, Diamonds and act as if they are the best in the world. “
jade is a dirty girl who does have self respect.Danial feels strong when she is with jade,jade boy friend is use less guy .joe sticks with jade and danial joe said she does like jade when jade entered big brother house now joe is getting well with jade and danial bittiching silpa so all us should support silpa
what u on abut racism..no 1 is racist in the BB other then jack.. dan and jade are bulling her and thats it..dontu guys start acting like angels like my m8s..if there was 6 asian ppl and 1 white they wud do the same..its nothin to do with british ppl.i have seen a lot of kind ppl here..
hi there guys and gals,never ever think that we will be accepted as locals are accepted.Now coming to racism,some of the bb house people are low class with thinking equivalent to sewage drains.So the ebst thing is to just let it drain,if we try to throw a stone into it,it will spill onto us.Shilpa is like a lotus in this pond,let the weeds try and show themselves off,but at the end it will be the lotus that will be the pick.
hai
in my view shilpa has done well, i mean her leval best
but it’s not a way to treat a person, fucking jade is really mad and her mother has well, she is really ugly had a worst fat face …….
shilpa had done the best, and have teached some thing about our culture to this fucking white
but true
so what
it is true
common,,,,,,,,
Don’t bother it , just shilpa has to concentrate on her project,Its all Good and i think She is postive mind Girl …..Situations comes for everyone of Us ..one thing We indians have a potential to Overcome all this.
British - Bri Tish = BuLLSHIT
What happening to Shilpa is annoying. This fucking Jade has to concentrate only on her ass. So i would wish to call her as bitch which stands for her mother as well. Shilpa is doing her best. But racism is un- acceptable. Fuck in British people, I personally warn you all to not act this way. If this continues and if Indians loose their temper, Then you people have to face the consequences which will destroy your peace and pleasure life. Wish you all success Shilpa. Dont worry about all these Shit. You are the talk of this country now. Dont loose your hope. We all are behind you. Do the best and come out with success as traditional Indian way.
Cheers
Hari
If this racism continues. Fuck u all british bitch. Dont under estimate that it is the same India which you ruled over. Unity is our strength now. You people are not even literate or powerful like Indians. So mind your words to be away from mess. You are already have a name as third rated country. Dont proove it more over by acting as racist against The Great Indians. And i personally warn the programme co-ordinators not to appreciate this racist act. And the british goverment should take intiative if this continues…. Iam not only talking about the Shilpa’s issue. Iam in this country, Most of the people here are racist. I really dont accept these people calling them selves as Great Britan, Where i dont find any speciality in them. Shilpa is the talk of this country here. So others in the programme are afraid about their termination, which is going to happen soon. Wish all the best Shilpa. Indians please stand togather.
Cheers Hari
i agree some of them r treatin shilpa much more then bad..but she will handle it and come on top..but i will say some of u guys r racist as well… all white folks r not racist..there r some in BBhouse who r backin her..u just like to blame white folks i think… there r bitches in all races..i am tired of hearin bad things abut uk ..if u guys dont like it then leave..i was born here and i am proud of it tho i am indian..
i saw the show big brother.it was very obvious that brit people cannot stand the charm,beauty,verstality that an indian celebrity will have,they r literaly jealous of shilaps beauty.that why we have to face this.i think nobody in britain can be ,or ever will be compared with a bollywood star or in thier acting potential.bollywood stars are the most talented and the westerners r jealous abt it.
excuse me….iam not pointing on all white folks..Its to people who acts as racist. And Indian people born n brouht up here will not know much about the values of India. We are not here to take the bones which these people throw to fill our appetite for whole life. Every country has some qualities. These people are good in management. So we r here for studies. Then good bye to this place………. we have lot of resources to develop our country…lets make the futue bright.
Big brother has always been cheap cheap shit TV for a long time here in UK. I am shocked to learn that Shilpa chose to be in it. Big bro chooses the nastiest bitches available to entertain people..Poor shilpa. But even amidst all this controversy, channel 4 viewing ratings have gone up in the past two weeks which proves beneficial for the channel..Pathetic
Jade and Daneal ( blond), should get out of the little pound they live in and appreciate the world outside
They both are simply ignorant
hey guys…chill…shilpa did a good thing cmng to bb…she is teaching them a good lesson of our culture and values…let them learn few good qualities from her….she is beauty with brains….and she knows hw to survive..am proud of her…all the best shilpa…
jade in 2002 or 2003 she is fourth person came out from big brother house. since then she got fame she has done programes in bbc and she earned alots of money upto 8 million pounds.in between she been to india for a programe and her feeling she didnt liked it now in this year big brother house she said silpa came from a poor country bla bla..which is bad on national television to judge indians
So my country guys!!!! are you hurt with this racism issue???? I have read all comments and everybody here wants this racism away from the world. true??? have you ever thought of yourself? is it possible? in the situation when you yourself support it!!!!! what about castism???? I am happy that my country people are hurt by this racism issue and i hope it can make them to think themself what they are??? My dear indians first think about your own country. lets start from our country!!!!!
MAKE OUR COUNTRY FREE OF CASTE!!!!!
THEN THIS WORLD FREE OF RACISM!!!!!!!!!
Jai Bharat
hey mukesh i agree wit u…but dont u see people from all caste are supporting shilpa and even from pak people r supporting…feel so nice to hear from them…soon even castism will vanish away…. hav faith….
hello mr ajay summers where ru from i dont care wherever ur from but keep in mind if 6 asians are with one white they will definately give more respect and treat them very nice….in show we can see jade making all racial comments saying abt ’slums’,and papodam,if these are certain things the producers could show after editing most of her barking,whatelse she might had said..and abt joe she was making fun of shilpa shetty accent and was making fun of her and that blady danial mind less shit girl who doesnt know how to speak english sayin that shilpa doesnt know how to speak english..wow shilpa you are being praised by each and every person on every talk show and in every newspaper article and said as beauty with brain and ur is real celibrity..if this isnt any racism why would the big sponsor for the show will withdraw its sponsorship..i think they are more inteligent than us to conclude that racism is going on there.love u shilpa…beauty with brain and only thing i doesnt like abt u is crying for petty things,ur not at home with ur parents.i would like SUSHMITHA SEN in BIG BROTHER she would had kicked ass of all those three shit girls
hmmm well well well…we have talked a lot bout rasicm..its not gonna effect nywayz…it depends on individuals..even if u beigul in their ears they always have pair of plugs in their earsnthats how the human race is ..they will ignore u as if u try to be smart…
now talk bout india..hmm very proud of its culture ..doin well in the world ..slowly but steadily becoming rich economic country thats what we be proud of..we aint with them but they are surely rely on us coz UK’s bussiness are run by india…so big bow to india….
this is life, face it…shilpa shud face it as well..big bow to indians and shilpa
wow..i was thinking like kirr..i chalked out some other pepoles to be on big brothers show.first and foremost Navjot singh sidhu, shushmita sen, abhishek bachchan, harhsa bhogale and cyrus brocha who can counter any of these pepole in big borthers house..hmm…really wish to see one of them on this show…kick ass…
i am sure kir u r wrong on that..how do you know 6 asians will treat the white person with more respect…i have my own experience on that…i support shilpa with full heart and jade with none..but i disagree with some above comments..racism comes from both ways and hearin that british ppl r not tolerate enuff..just doesnt feel ok…there r lots of white and black ppl who evicted jade as well.
ok ajay iam pasting the comment written by ur fellow person living in UK,how he had felt in UK and how racist the people are and also abt indians too.. i think ur new to that country or dint face any racism luckly..
” The timing just couldn%u2019t have been better than this. I have been watching the %u2018Celebrity Big brother%u2019 reality show on Channel4. I believe that I am somewhat better civilised enough to write this article. After watching the show and reading series of articles in the British and worldwide media on the housemates Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd (a disgraced former Miss Great Britain who had a saucy fling and bling with one of the contest judges in order to win her crown!!!!)and Jo… more
The timing just couldn%u2019t have been better than this. I have been watching the %u2018Celebrity Big brother%u2019 reality show on Channel4. I believe that I am somewhat better civilised enough to write this article. After watching the show and reading series of articles in the British and worldwide media on the housemates Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd (a disgraced former Miss Great Britain who had a saucy fling and bling with one of the contest judges in order to win her crown!!!!)and Jo O%u2019Meara, I feel that the world is coming into terms of what%u2019s is actually going within the British society. The three girls have had ganged up against fellow housemate Shilpa Shetty and made fun of her English accent, origin, nationality, were not prepared to call her by name, were reluctant to eat the roast chicken cooked by her, described her a %u201CPaki%u201D, the disgraced Miss Great Britain Danielle Lloyd even called her a \’Dog\’, used %u2018very filthy%u2019 language repeatedly in their conversation, and even asked her to %u2018Go back to the slums and find out what real life is%u2019. If this is not racially motivated abuse, define what is %u2018racism%u2019? If you say all this is nothing but just bullying, go and watch the recorded show in YouTube.com and come back to read this article.
Understandably, the feelings and emotions are now running high on all corners. The British media regulator ofCom and Channel4, which broadcast the show, had received more than 55,000 complaints from the public in just four days!! This issue heads in all local newspapers, news websites, blogs and posts. Tony Blair was forced to comment on this row. The next British prime minister-in-waiting Mr.Gordon Brown is having tough time in India!!! I believe that Indian Prime Minister Mr.Manmohan Singh and Indian President Mr.Abdul Kalam are the only people left to comment on this issue!!!
As I live in the United Kingdom, I would like to see it in two mirrors. Keep aside the many %u2018Non-Racist British%u2019 in Britain. I respect them, as I am fortunate enough to have few of them as my friends, who understand that the colour of our blood is always going to be red but the colour of our skin is unfortunately not. (We usually blame it all on God%u2019s politics!!!)
I am not surprised at all on this wildfire racial row. The three Big Brother gang girls are drop of the today%u2019s British society and surely reflect the new generation of future Britain. The Big Brother house is actually a small portrait of today%u2019s modern Britain. Don%u2019t mistake me? In a large portrait, this is how the great British society will exactly look like in next 50 years time. I mark my words. The abuse and racial comments on Shilpa do 1,100% truly reflect the British and European societies attitude on racism especially on all non-whites. There are many Asians and Indians working and living in Britain such as students, doctors, nurses, taxi drivers, school teachers, corner shop owners, call centre personnel and community police officers, who go through more or less same kind of racially motivated verbal abuse everyday. I swear on my words. I am not exaggerating it. I had gone through the same sort of abuse before and still go through it now and then. I have been called %u2018Indian%u2019 on many occasions in a tone, which is definitely not polite and friendly way that anyone would like to be called upon. I have to digest it without any choice. Once, I have made enough money to live without having to work for rest of my life, I will fly back to India for good from this arrogant, ignorant, economically, ethically and culturally failing western society.
I am not surprised to hear the girl gang%u2019s abusive language. Certainly you could hear them from groups of young boys and girls on British streets. Well%u2026What else would you expect from boys and girls of today%u2019s British society, where 13 years old lads and girls smoke, drink and use drugs, losing virginity at the age of 14 is just a matter of self-pride, having babies at the age of 15 is OK and becoming common, the average life span of a formal marriage is just over 16 months, many live together unmarried, many don%u2019t know who is their mother or father is and divorce rate is 40% higher than any European union country. The reality show indeed reflects the reality of British youth%u2019s attitude towards their society and living. The young British generation is not well educated, they distance themselves from Maths, Science, and general knowledge subjects, they are very proud of binge drinking, sex on the streets and desperate housewives culture, (a Popular TV serial. Ironically, it is being broadcasted right after %u2018Big Brother%u2019 show in Channel4) honking the car horns and yelling racist remarks on Asians. They are ignorant souls and sadly the face of future British society. Who is going to teach them about racial tolerance and respecting people as humans? Their stupid British prime minister is very busy in saying %u2018YES%u2019 five billion times a day to the arrogant American president on bringing back democracy and peace in Iraq and Afghanistan!!! In this nation, some think that waging war on a country is just like playing a video game in play station. It is OK to think like that in this so called developed country with underdeveloped people. Many British do have big attitude disorder and do think that the rest of the world is still ruled by their great grand fathers & company. They still do believe that the Sun will never ever set on their kingdom. What else I can say? The British public is not aware of what is happening within their country and in rest of the world. They don%u2019t care about globalisation, necessity to learn new skills, acquire knowledge, and stay competitive. All they know is to eat, to do binge drinking on 24 hour pubs (Yes. 24 hour pubs!!), to be illiterate (I bet many can%u2019t read and write English properly) and claim free government benefits to go on holiday abroad.
I could sense their fear of failure in the very near future. Because, today%u2019s Britain is steadily losing it%u2019s own ground. The British public and politicians do think that the non-Europeans are culturally and economically invading all corners of Britain. That%u2019s why there is soo much visa restrictions, delay in issuing visas, and recent %u2018motivated%u2019 HSMP revision to keep the %u2018Indians%u2019, %u2018Paki%u2019 and %u2018Browns%u2019 away from British shores. The British are getting jealous of dominant Asian minority. There is a reason. Let me explain it a bit. Today%u2019s great British politics, lifestyle, business, economy and national cuisine (Chicken Tikka Masala is the national dish of Britain since 2000!) are being greatly influenced by Asian society. A remarkable feat that the Scottish, Irish and Welsh trio couldn%u2019t able to do for several centuries and had totally failed. The British are losing their obsessed identity in today%u2019s multicultural Britain. Because, the British are not sensitive to accept and easily adapt other cultures into their lives. Whereas, Asians are far more broadminded, tolerant, patient when it comes to living in multi-cultural, multi-ethnic society such as Britain. Though Asians didn%u2019t integrate 100% into the British society, I would say they are well on their way towards it or realising the necessity to do it. Because, Asians are educated, intelligent, beautiful in heart, hard working and above all economically stronger than ever before. What else? If the first wave of Asian migrants helped to revive the shops on Britain\’s streets, the second and third generation of Asians are now making their mark on the financial and business world. Now, India is the third largest investor in Britain next only to US and Japan. Indian companies are taking over many not-so-profitable British companies and turning them into profitable. Steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal has pledged %uFFFD2million pounds to the cash-strapped ruling Labour party, almost certainly bailing it out of financial crisis. I wish he could buy the labour party as he does with the run down steel plants abroad!! Remember richest citizen of United Kingdom is not a native British but India born Lakshmi Mittal. There is a list of endless contributions made by the Asians to today%u2019s modern Britain. It is just impossible to blindly ignore the imposing stature of Asians and Asianism in Britain. However, even the Asians born and brought up in Britain are being called as %u2018British Indian%u2019, %u2018British Sikh%u2019 and %u2018British Muslim%u2019. How sick these race tags are? We don%u2019t call any one in India as %u2018Indian Punjabi%u2019, %u2018Indian Tamil%u2019 or %u2018Indian Sikh%u2019. Without Asians, the British public services and healthcare will crumble in matter of days. Without Asians, the British economy will not survive for more than a month. But, are the Asians being treated well in Britain? Not with a broad mind, but with very clear purpose to use their skills and knowledge. So, I am prepared to put a bet that before the end of this 21st century, Britain will have an Asian Prime Minister. I am not joking.
On the other side, this whole issue raises the same questions about our own society. Are we Indians really not racists? Is it OK and justified to racially discriminate fellow Indians? But, it becomes an issue when Non-Asians dish it out on us? We actually don%u2019t respect fellow Indians in India and abroad. Do we? We have got several racial problems within our country and society. Don%u2019t we all know that North Indians bully and discriminate the South Indians as %u2018Madarasis%u2019. South Indians bully the North Indians by calling them as %u2018Biharis%u2019. We are the largest racist society on this earth, which practised and still practising all forms of racism, discrimination and bullying in the name of god, caste and culture. We are talking about it for more than 100 years. When are we going to change it?
One of India\’s strengths is its ability to accept diversity. In fact, it is quite remarkable for a country like India, where the majority of the population is Hindu. But our current president is a Muslim, the prime minister is a Sikh and probably the most powerful lady in India is an Italian born Catholic. You cannot think of any other country in the world that could accept such a diversified thing. This is truly remarkable and it works very well in India. In the US, for example, the Americans cannot even conceive of having a Black or Hispanic president and the US has been a democratic country for more than 200 years. Whereas India%u2019s democracy gained it%u2019s status just 60 years ago. This is the great strength that India has. So, It is time for us to do some reality test on ourselves. It is time for us to accept that we are racists and do something about it. When we are going to announce that racism and discrimination in any form, any size is a punishable crime and has no place in civilised India? Let us do it now before it is too late.
Our world will become a happy place to live when we love each other in heart and without discriminating anyone by their race, ethnicity, religion, faith, and wealth. Let\’s grow up. When we are going to be one big loud and proud Indians? It is shame on us if we can%u2019t do it.”
durr …discussin bout britih n refering them british again n again is again a rasicm…i think v have other better works to do than to discuss rasicm..even shilpa aint innocent…if she is than she wouldnt have smiled with the eviction of jades mother jackeiy…she wasgrinning in fact..like a cunning lady …so plz stop blamming the pepole for being rasicts..again m sayin it depends n indiviual’s. they will go 2 grave with their own perception than to change even if u discuss here and waste ur time for no reason..so cheer up geezas….
xxxx
indian…its nothing wrong in discussing abt anything ,and its lot better than chating in the chat room or surfing the orkut and i say this is one of the healthy ways to kill time which i have lot..and about shilpa smiling when jacky was evicted nothing wron in that..wont you be happy when a person whom u doesnt like is leaving the house,if not that will be acting….and here everyone are saying that it is showing the mirror of the young individual’s in the present society and even now if voice is not raised against racism they will not understand how people feel abt it and how wrong it is,and i bet they are going to change because all three girls are getting big losses outside house because of their behavior..jade’s perfume was removed by big comps and daniel lost big contract..so i think this will definately change them and all this is done because of media where these things are discussed and talked abt without thinking it as timewaste.no offense to anyone people
i agree with indian completly
this days if u have a row with a dark skin man u r called racist..lol i find it funny
i will say it all happened becos they find our culture different…bohoo big deal.
jade doesnt deserve to lose everythin just cos she made a possible racist remark…. no one does
Hi All,
I have one thing to tell you all, every one tried to win the contest.The only way is to play the game smartly and best. Indians know how to control their temper or emotions if they know what they will get if they do this.
So no offence to anyone. Every one played their part but the britians do not know how to control them selves.
So no big deal keep cool dudes. Raceism exists even in India among their OWN people.Do you thin shipla is not a raceist in her country ?????
Think calmly you will know urself
Sorry if I have offended any one. Fact remains fact even if any one agrees or not.
Thank You
Sunny