Racism

[johnsonsbaby]

I vaguely remember it and in the other show you mentioned, I always wondered what Alf Garnett meant by 'scaarr..s git' - it was ages before I cottoned on it was 'scouse' referring to his son in law [Cherie Blair's Dad btw ] I'm a bit better at understanding accents now

 

[Page_Moss_Kopite]

Saint was correct about the satire and the show was all about "whitey" being thick as an Eskimos coat while the black couple were very nice and very tolerant of their racist neighbour.

But at the same time The Comedian's was a hit and that was just plain mockery of blacks(and others)and nasty with it.

If Bernard Manning was still alive and doing his thing Manchester would be up to its neck in racial problems because his main targets were from Muslim countries.

 

[Tobes]

Saint was correct about the satire and the show was all about "whitey" being thick as an Eskimos coat while the black couple were very nice and very tolerant of their racist neighbour.

But at the same time The Comedian's was a hit and that was just plain mockery of blacks(and others)and nasty with it.

If Bernard Manning was still alive and doing his thing Manchester would be up to its neck in racial problems because his main targets were from Muslim countries.

Chubby Brown's still doing it.

 

[Page_Moss_Kopite]

Chubby Brown's still doing it.

Does that make all of his fans racists for liking his racist humour?

 

[Tobes]

Does that make all of his fans racists for liking his racist humour?

Good question.

Does laughing at a racist joke make you a racist? I suppose it depends on the context and content of the supposed joke.

 

[Hash.]

I'm sick to death of this cold weather. And you wouldnt mind but its that black ice coming over here making our roads slippy

 

[BBFs Unpopular View]

I'm sick to death of this cold weather. And you wouldnt mind but its that black ice coming over here making our roads slippy

This needs to be redone with Brummy accents

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Of course expats never felt like they are going abroad and stealing jobs

 

[BBFs Unpopular View]

How the **** are this lot tolerated at all.
http://www.channel4.com/news/britain-first-far-right-anti-muslim-extremists-mosques
If they were anti semitic, they would have been doing porridge before their first week was up. Anti Muslim tho.. go head, recruit nutbags. It's all good.

 

[Red Hadron Collider]

Like "Till Death Us Do Part", "Love Thy Neighbour" was misunderstood by many.
It was a satire on the entrenched prejudices shown at the time by many white British people simply unused to the burgeoning multi-ethnicity of the period. The main (white) male character was a bigot, who couldn't cope with the black family moving in next door. In contrast, the black family were urbane, intelligent and more sophisticated. The white guy was made to look a fool in every episode, and the show was meant to highlight and mock unfounded racial prejudices, not reinforce them.
Unfortunately, an awful lot of people just don't get satire , and some take the show on face value, and think it advocates racial stereotypes, when it was actually mocking them.
It did use language (from both sides) that would be entirely unacceptable today, and so would make uncomfortable viewing now. It was a little bit heavy handed- but it was intended to challenge preconceptions, not promote them.

Unerringly, this ^

 

[Red Hadron Collider]

I agree with all of this mate.

And why does Love Thy Neighbour come up on every thread about racism??? Only anyone over 50 would remember it anyway.

Love Thy Neighbour was utter cowshit.

 

[Red Hadron Collider]

Chubby Brown's still doing it.

He's a c u n t

 

[organic red]

He's a c u n t

^This

 

[Peej]

Racist...

Did you know that Jan Molby never passed to El Hadji Diouf? shocking

 

[Page_Moss_Kopite]

Racist...

Did you know that Jan Molby never passed to El Hadji Diouf? shocking

Might have had something to do with Molby leaving Liverpool 6 years before spit the dog signed for us.

 

[Peej]

....and why's that then?

Could it be because the institutional racism that you mention is more prevalent in Ireland than it is in the vastly more culturally diverse UK?

Not sure that just because we have a larger diversity that we should have people from these ethnic backgrounds in certain roles. If they are not up to the job then should they just be employed to fill a quota?

 

[Peej]

Might have had something to do with Molby leaving Liverpool 6 years before spit the dog signed for us.

whooosh...

As it goes over your head

 

[Page_Moss_Kopite]

Not sure that just because we have a larger diversity that we should have people from these ethnic backgrounds in certain roles. If they are not up to the job then should they just be employed to fill a quota?

The point is many are "up to the job" but get overlooked

whooosh...

As it goes over your head

Thought we were talking about racism, why bring Everton's route one tactic into it.

 

[InBiscanWeTrust]

Racist...

Did you know that Jan Molby never passed to El Hadji Diouf? shocking

Neither would I, diouf was ****...

 

[Super G Ted'inho]

Nothing wrong with Chubby Brown, he tells it like it is. Same goes for Frankie Boyle.

 

[johnsonsbaby]

Nothing wrong with Chubby Brown, he tells it like it is. Same goes for Frankie Boyle.

Are you being sarcastic - I can't always tell ???