DS Forums

 
 

some may thinnk this is racist?


Closed Thread
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 09-08-2016, 23:41
Star Baker
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 103
so does anybody actually know what the living Heavy D's ethnic extraction is?
He's Fremen.
Star Baker is offline  
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 09-08-2016, 23:46
Strange Quark
Inactive Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Quantum Leaping
Posts: 166
Why does it matter?

If it turns out he's mixed race some will say 'you see, there's no racism involved'. If it turns out he's white, some will say 'see, there is racism involved'

Caring about his 'ethnic extraction' in this day and age is rather worrying in itself.
Heavy himself claims he's mixed race. Some here have been speculating that he's lying because he doesn't look mixed race

Not cool lying about your racial heritage, that's why it matters
Strange Quark is offline  
Old 09-08-2016, 23:56
gentleguy
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 15,307
You have answered nothing, but that is no surprise.

What is my game then? I have no game here.

This is a discussion board. If you're going to say things, then they're going to be discussed.
I answered your question you asked me who are the some people I'm referring to and I told you some people in general. nothing hard to understand your just trying to be annoying kinda like bear Lool
gentleguy is offline  
Old 09-08-2016, 23:58
Jimmy Connors
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Home For The Bewildered
Posts: 86,513
I answered your question you asked me who are the some people I'm referring to and I told you some people in general. nothing hard to understand your just trying to be annoying kinda like bear Lool
Okay, whatever gentleguy.

You carry on. As a huge Bear fan yourself you should know what annoying is lool.
Jimmy Connors is offline  
Old 10-08-2016, 00:01
gentleguy
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 15,307
That's because there hasn't been a black male HM who was anything like Bear. In fact, Bello would be the closest to him in terms of loudness and energy. Derek is one controversial HM who comes to mind, he was vicious and he did well. Coolio and Daley were two other controversial ones, neither were voted out.

As for the others, Jason's only controversial moment was taking the money and Helen was a woman and had a buy to the final, so I don't know why you'd even bring her up.
Daley who was ejected yh good choice and I can't remember cookie but didn't he leave as well?? Derek didn't make the final again don't get why he was brought in this convo. Helen won either way no matter how many excuses you make there were other people in the final including Ashley the forum favourite. Speidi also came
Second and got booed. Someone like science could have won he was actually liked on this forum despite losing against orlaith who walked the next day.
gentleguy is offline  
Old 10-08-2016, 00:02
gentleguy
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 15,307
Okay, whatever gentleguy.

You carry on. As a huge Bear fan yourself you should know what annoying is lool.
Didn't realise I was a huge bear fan
gentleguy is offline  
Old 10-08-2016, 00:05
Jimmy Connors
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Home For The Bewildered
Posts: 86,513
Didn't realise I was a huge bear fan
Neither did I. But there you are.
Jimmy Connors is offline  
Old 10-08-2016, 01:25
Miss_Chievous
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 21
I 'lurked' all through normal BB and saw a few of these threads started about possible racism, sexism etc, and I couldn't help thinking, as I do with this one, that it always comes over, my own opinion obviously, that these OP's are the racist, sexist ones. Most of the voters will be either saving who they like or keeping in the entertaining HM's, I feel sure that colour or gender probably didn't cross their minds. It seems to me that the only person with Asian and woman at the forefront of their thinking is the OP. You were the one to separate Saira from the other nominees purely based on colour and gender.
As I said, just my opinion.
Miss_Chievous is offline  
Old 10-08-2016, 01:39
Nearly New
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 931
I 'lurked' all through normal BB and saw a few of these threads started about possible racism, sexism etc, and I couldn't help thinking, as I do with this one, that it always comes over, my own opinion obviously, that these OP's are the racist, sexist ones. Most of the voters will be either saving who they like or keeping in the entertaining HM's, I feel sure that colour or gender probably didn't cross their minds. It seems to me that the only person with Asian and woman at the forefront of their thinking is the OP. You were the one to separate Saira from the other nominees purely based on colour and gender.
As I said, just my opinion.
Absolutely right. Saira lost out as she didn't have enough support, or enough of a storyline to stay in whereas the OP only sees her race and gender as a discussion point for her eviction.
Nearly New is offline  
Old 10-08-2016, 07:37
Scarlet O'Hara
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 6,586
I think Saira had nothing going for her to offset what are normally 3 big handicaps for votes, when there's a combination: woman, middle-aged, ethnic minority.

Jayne in the civilian series was a rare middle-aged female contestant who was popular because unlike Saira she was nice. But mostly either BB choose obnoxious horrors or the world just generally doesn't much like older opinionated women, maybe cos they've outlived their usefulness...I dunno. Almost every Loose Woman has been unusually loathed on here.
Scarlet O'Hara is offline  
Old 10-08-2016, 08:34
Alrightmate
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 65,741
You can't give a reason why EVERYONE who didn't vote for her didn't vote for her. Sure, there are always going to be racists out there, but I don't think she was evicted by a racist vote.

However I do think that many people might probably vote based on who they identify with more and who they feel more familiar with. As there may be more voters who feel they have more in common with and are more similar in many ways to the other potential evictees they voted for them instead.
So I'd say it was more a vote FOR certain housemates rather than against Saira.

I think it was a bad decision, and bad reasoning if what I posted above has any merit, but there you go.
Alrightmate is offline  
 
Closed Thread




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 18:14.