Shilpa Shetty...?

Question

The others have mocked Shilpa's accent... is this any different from Shilpa laughing at the Essex accent and impersonating Jo? Do we live in a society where a dislike of someone in an ethnic minority makes us racist? Should we therefore force ourselves to like every person from an ethnic minority? I, myself, belong to a minority as I am gay... but if someone dislikes me, I do not immediatly assume it is homophobia! People should be allowed to have opinions and voice them without certain politically correct labels being thrown around.

And as for the uproar over Jackiey calling Shilpa "The Indian"... I have worked abroad, and often am referred to as "The Brit"... I dont consider that racist... so why does Shilpa?
I'm sorry.. I really do not get this at all. It is a case of bitchy beahviour, yes.. but not racism.

The producers obviously knew that putting together an Indian star with Britain's faviorite chav would cause problems - of course it would!

And when asked if his previous partner was black, Jermaine replied, "of course"... Would we find it disturbing and racist if, when asked the same question, a white person gave the same reply?

Diamond in the Rough... thats tough, and its stories like yours that are lost when people make sensationalist claims like the Big Brother ones. Clearly, you have a serious case of racism and that should be dealt with! But an Indian actress having an argument in British Big Brother doesnt seem that big a deal to me!

Answer 1

Your question is not clear.
But if you are asking if she will win- probably.
It will be Shilpa, H or Jermaine.

The other possible question- if you dislike someone BECAUSE they are of an ethnic minority -YES that makes you racist. But, if you just happen to not like them, that's different, as long as you don't comment on thier racial, cultural appearance.

By mocking an Essex accent. it does NOT make you racist, beacuse Essex is NOT a race!!!

Answer 2

Wow, I'm really shocked you're making the comparisons you are. First of all, if you are a "minority" (being gay)...why don't you apply your above examples to being singled-out for your sexual orientation. For example, if a bunch of straight people were talking about you behind your back and referred to as "the gay"...would that really be cool with you? If they started imitating a gay stereotype...would you think that was cool too? So it's cool to voice opinions without being politically correct?? Would you like it if people called you a derogatory homosexual term? If any of those b*tc*es wanted to criticize Shilpa they should have done it one-on-one and left ethnicity out of it.

You said that some people had referred to you as "the Brit" abroad...was this behind your back and in a consistently negative tone? Not the same thing is it?

I'm really surprised that you don't get it. I really dislike it when people use negative terms like "that is so gay", "that's so retarded" b/c even though I'm not part of those groups I know what it's like to feel marginalized...I think it's sad when other "minorities" don't feel the same way.

You also need to realize that people that are discriminated (i.e., visible ethnicities) in both covert and overt ways much more frequently than whites will react differently to being labelled by their colour/nationality/race. Finally, the people that use those labels typically do not use them in a positive context...I thought those points should be obvious.

D in the R, you must agree that racism is bad at all levels (but with no doubt there should be serious attention paid to your situation). But to let incidents slide just because they are less in severity is making the *racism problem* worse, not better. I think the uproar over things like this (and the Michael Richards thing in the US), helps show that overall society finds racism unacceptable. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" - MLK

Answer 3

It seems that "brit" is not the same as "Indian" - a definite double standard, but there you go. I'm from Ireland, and how many Irish jokes are there? - but, apparently that's not racist either, even though it is the very definition of racism. I am not one bit bothered by the jokes, but it is still interesting. It is about the "intent" behind such remarks too clearly - and it is important to remember than white people can be the victim of racism too, both at home and abroad, even though this is by far the exception here.

I believe that Jade et al are incredibly stupid (highly probable) or incredibly ignorant. They chose Shilpa as a target initially, because she was dignified and they though that she was stuck-up, even though this was based on their own insecurities. After all, every one of those so-called "celebrities" have delusions of grandeur. I haven't followed it fully, but I don't think there was any evidence to back this up. The "coven" are all as common as muck anyway, hence the way they reacted. It became about racism, because they had nothing else to say about her;but it began, and was really about bullying. I do believe that the hype was a total farce, but even Shilpa didn't really believe that it was about that - and she was incredibly composed throughout. I think it's ironic that her English is VASTLY better than theirs also!!!

Answer 4

Yes, there is a lot of racism in it... Shilpa too had her part of it. Let me ask you - why we're not going to Africa or cambodia for shows ? Why we're not making films like Lagaan or Rang de Basanti where we proudly mingle with Eritrians or Mongolians or falling in love with them ? We are desparate to get white people's attention (pardon me.... Arabs, Central Asians, all are English and American fans :-)..we forget everything when they smile on us and say hello !!!!) Why we're not thinking that we're all gifted with different qualities, which if we try can develop and be proud about ?, We Asians and Africans are just retarded and slow because, the white came out of the middle age darkness first. And it is human that we always try to exploit others..

Just we should be proud about ourselves and believe in ourselves, we don't want anybody's approval or attention, do not go there anymore for fun.......

we do not like it, Shilpa is one among us, let her learn to protect herself from ****** up in public..

Answer 5

I agree its blow way out of proportion.....she has caused a national offense.....check the Internet for BBC taping......All I can say is "It must be nice" coming from a double minority.....I cant get the local police to care, I don't even make the local news, for more serious events here in the Valley.....LOL


Whoops let make that a triple minority, Black, Female, Living in the Valley in California.

Just to name a few: death threats (delivered to me by the gang squad) No black business owners allowed in Northridge

And brick thrown at my car