Were the conflicts that Shilpa Shetty faced in Celebrity Big Brother examples of racism?

Question

Celebrity Big Brother. Shilpa Shetty denies the fact that she was a victim of racism. Is she wrong?

Answer 1

Hey, I'm Indian and I'll back up Shilpa on the whole racism charge. I moved to a wealthy white town in Connecticut four years ago, and I had to deal with a nightmarish existence for the next few years. Everyday people made fun of my ethnicity, although at the time I believed it was racism, in hindsight, I would have to say it was just for the sake of being mean. People will use anything against, including your skin color to put you in your place. I believe they would have treated me the same if I were a Ukrainian immigrant.

Answer 2

Well, what can I say, if it was indeed racism and it really hurt Shilpa so bad then why the U-turn and the denial.

I really did not see reason of why in India the media had to spend and waste so much of prime time and paper on this issue, and to think of the fact that the most well educated and influential did not see through the trick. It was plain simple publicity stunt, that was engineered by the promoters of the show and Shilpa, come to think of it if one were to investigate I am sure you will see that this was all a huge drama staged for publicity. Moreover a show like Big Brother was at the verge of being kicked out not untill this incident happend.

I think it was something that was blown out of proportion by the Indian media especially, lets look into our own yard, on TV most of the commercials are for creams, oils and soaps that make your skin fair. So now whose is the hyppocrite?

Come on guys lets stop kidding ourselves, we are as much racist as the Brits, atleast they discriminate people from other countries, we DO IT WITH OUR OWN.

Answer 3

If it weren't for juvenile, obnoxious, petty behavior related to being drunk, sleeping around, being attractive, fitting in, not fitting in, being loved, or being despised, no one would watch stupid reality television like Big Brother. Those people are in that house to offend, betray, annoy, back-stab, lie to, and otherwise make the others in the house somehow beneath each other in order to win a large sum of money. All sorts of vile behavior has been shown on Big Brother and everyone thought it was cheeky and scandalous and entertaining until the victim was from India, and then suddenly we all expected the housemates to be nothing but dignified and loving and respectful of all diversity and human rights. WTF?! My position is this. If you are a Big Brother watcher then you - by definition - find yourself entertained by people acting horribly and cruelly to each other. Don't you *dare* have the nerve to suddenly be offended because you think that making fun of someones accent is unspeakable while lying and cheating and betrayal and general despicableness is "just good TV."

Answer 4

I've lived in the UK all my life and 'yes' she was on some level racially attacked. She had confided to Cleo that she felt that it was the case and then she comes out of the house and deines it. What a hope in the world! She has come to the UK opened up a can of worms and everything in her life will be back to normal when she goes back home to India! What about us, indians who live in the West?!

Answer 5

No, it was a "Big Show" for name, fame and pelf.