Eastenders Poach Big Brother’s Racism Story!
Eastender’s bosses have admitted that an upcoming storyline tackling the issue of raciosm, was influenced by January’s Big Brother racism scandal.
In scenes due to air next week, young Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) calls Yolande Trueman (Angela Wynter) a “black cow”, and a few weeks later, Sean Slater (Rob Kazinsky) uses the phrase “your lot” during an argument with Minute Mart manager Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker).
The Walford boss recalled: “The Celebrity Big Brother race row kicked off as I took charge of my first scripts. I thought it was fascinating because it showed there was a real need for a debate about race in Britain.”
He added: “BB didn’t do it particularly well, so I thought it could be something EastEnders should do. Our stuff won’t be overly moralistic or preachy but it will tackle this serious issue head on.”
July 18th, 2007 at 6:56 am
MY NAMES DESIRE McNESIH FROM THE SCORPIO CREW
It’s now 8:00pm i have just finished watching EASTENDERS
JUST TO HEAR THE LITTLE SCAGGY CORCASSION BOY CALL ULANDI
A BLACK C*** AT 7:55 PM PRIME TIME TV…
I THINK THIS IS SUCH A BLATENT OUTRAGE
I’M TAKING THIS TO THE TOP
I EXPECT A FULL APPOLOGY BY THE BBC AND I WANT THE SUPPORT OF MY MYSPACE PEEPS….
BLACK PEOPLE HAVE DIED FOR THERE RIGHT TO LIVE WORK AND RAISE FAMILY’S HERE I THINK THIS IS BLATENT RACISM
WHOS WITH ME>>>>>>>>>>
July 18th, 2007 at 11:14 am
He actually called Yolande a black cow….still not acceptable, but I think they will be dealing with the whole issue fully over the next week or two.
July 18th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE TAKEN OF AIR THIS SUNDAY
I CAN’T UNDERSTAND HOW BBC ARE ALLOWING THIS RACISM TO BE AIRED AT PRIME TIME ARE BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY NOT ALLOWED TO PROTEST AGAINST SUCH ACTS…
I OFFICIALLY WITH MY 2000 STRONG PETITION WOULD LIKE THIS SHOW TAKEN OF THE AIR THIS SUNDAY THE USE OF SUCH LANGUAGE AT THIS TIME WILL ONLY GO TO INFLUENCE THOSE NARROW MINDED PEOPLES VIEWS….
YOU WANT ALL LITTLE KIDS TO START THINKING USING SOMEONES RACE OR RELIGION AS A WEAPON IS ACCEPTABLE….
YEAH IT MAKES GREAT TELLY AND AT THE SAME TIME EFFECTS THE STREETS AND HOW PEOPLE THINK.
JUST TO ADD
C*** OR COW IT DOESN’T MATTER IT WAS THE BLACK PART AND THE WAY IT WAS SAID……
July 18th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
No way! The used the word cunt on eastenders?
Do they have a late edition show like Hollyoaks?
I find that really odd.
I have no words for the racism because apologies don’t cut it, we haven’t yet figured out an appropriate response or a productive response to an act/attitude/perspective or behaviours that demean and dehumanise people.