Originally Posted by red_amber:
“You completey missed the point. There are only 3 black contestants, and two of them have already gone. You like statitistics, shouldn't a white person have left? I've seen worse white dancers on strictly than both Melvin and Temeka. I'm sure Ore will be in the bottom next week, no matter how well he dances.”
“You completey missed the point. There are only 3 black contestants, and two of them have already gone. You like statitistics, shouldn't a white person have left? I've seen worse white dancers on strictly than both Melvin and Temeka. I'm sure Ore will be in the bottom next week, no matter how well he dances.”
I think it is you who are missing the point! I hope it doesn't come as too much of a shock, but most voters are actually voting on what they see on the screen of a dancing programme, not working out their statistics. The BBC do the right thing in ensuring that all races are represented in participatory programmes. They cannot legislate for either the non-whites or the whites to be wonderful dancers which is where choice comes in to it.
My favourite dancer is far and away Oti. Not because she's black or half-black or mixed whatever, but because she is a fabulous dancer, looks amazing and has a warmth that jumps out on screen.
You might just as well turn this argument on its head and ask why black people are so rubbish at Strictly? All of us (racists) have been far too polite to ask the question but I don't see why it should always be laid at the door of the viewers.




