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Old 09-05-2013, 09:10
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He gone. And in my opinion, not before time
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Old 09-05-2013, 09:43
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For the past few yrs every asian/black/ethnic person who goes on this show always gets fired and sir Alan doesnt like them

This yr a black women was the first to get fired so is it that sir Alan is racist and only wants white/british only people to work with him as never any asian/black or any other kind are hired and always a white/british born person always gets hired

what do you think
The people who get fired are the dimwits who screw up on tasks. What has race got to do with it?
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Old 09-05-2013, 10:11
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The people who get fired are the dimwits who screw up on tasks. What has race got to do with it?
Agreed, plus I wouldn't say he's old fashioned, but he does hold traditional values. He commands respect in the way he's addressed, and expects you to sit up straight!
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Old 09-05-2013, 10:53
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I don't he is racist. His 1st winner Tim was black and Saira was Asian who was runner up in the same series. They just had bad candidates from different ethnic backgorunds after series 1 although Saeed and Tre weren't too bad.
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Old 10-05-2013, 15:31
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I think it's the black woman on the show who is always racist. They seem to have it in for the oriental lady for no apparent reason. Has happened previously too.
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Old 10-05-2013, 16:59
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I don't think Sugar is racist. He's possibly a little sexist.

I think Sugar's main prejudice is one against academic types; he seems to prefer people from a similar background to himself - not well qualified on paper and from a working class background.
Lord Sugar does favour people from the same background as him
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Old 10-05-2013, 17:11
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Of the 8 main show winners, 5 of them have had University degrees, including ones from Cambridge, LSE, Bath and Cardiff. He doesn't seem particularly prejudiced against well-educated people to me, just people without business experience.
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Old 10-05-2013, 18:31
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I've always thought this to be honest! I said to my friend before the series even started that the black girl would get fired first and surprise...
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Old 11-05-2013, 13:40
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If he were prejudiced, surely he would prefer to hire people of his own kind, with Jewish, working class background.
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Old 11-05-2013, 13:57
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Aware the OP's banned, but I'll bite. If you actually look at the statistics...

1. Tim Campbell
2. Michelle Dewberry
3. Simon Ambrose
4. Lee McQueen
5. Yasmina Siadatan
(1.) Arjun Rajyagor
6. Stella English
7. Tom Pellereau
(2.) Zara Brownless
8. Ricky Martin
(3.) Ashleigh Exley-Porter

Tim's black, Yasmina's mixed Iranian, Arjun's asian. That's 3/11, just over 25% non-white. If you include Susan Ma, another candidate he ended up going into business with, that's a full third of his chosen candidates, non-white.

This in a country that's estimated 82% white. If anything, non-white people do slightly-to-significantly better than might be proportionally expected. (And no, he's not anti-white, either. :p )
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