Corrie cleared of Racism

Joe_Totale

21-11-2016

Just read this on the BBC news page:

Quote:
“Ofcom also ruled that an episode of Coronation Street accused of racism for a comment a character made about her hair did not break the broadcasting code.

The episode, broadcast in August, saw Eva Price, played by Catherine Tyldesley, visit Audrey's hair salon, where she remarked: "I have more roots than Kunta Kinte."

Kunta Kinte was a character from the novel Roots: The Saga Of An American Family, which tells the story of a young man taken from Gambia and sold as a slave.

The complaints led the show to "apologise if this dialogue has caused offence" and 473 people complained to Ofcom.”

I remember watching it at the time and remarking how unlikely it was that a character like Eva would know anything about Alex Haley's Roots

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38050925

Ex Pat

21-11-2016

Sense prevails.

I wish these complainers would find something useful to do with their lives.

kitkat1971

21-11-2016

As said in the episode, Eva didn't know anything about Roots. She explicitly stated that.she wss repeating something. her mum (who is the right age to have watched it as a child or teenager) used to say and she'd never understood it.

I'm glad they have beemn cleared though. It was clear from the context it was used in the episode that it was not meant as a racial slur, merely a pun on the different meanings of the word roots, the roots of your hair and ancestral roots which was used as the title of a book which became very famous.

notdebbiedingle

21-11-2016

Thank goodness for that!!
There should never have even been an investigation!!

It was so bloody obviously not intended as racism!!

notdebbiedingle

21-11-2016

Originally Posted by Joe_Totale:
“Just read this on the BBC news page:

I remember watching it at the time and remarking how unlikely it was that a character like Eva would know anything about Alex Haley's Roots

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38050925”

She didn't!!
It was clearly stated that it was just something her Mother (Stella) had always said!!

Scrabbler

21-11-2016

Originally Posted by notdebbiedingle:
“Thank goodness for that!!
There should never have even been an investigation!!

It was so bloody obviously not intended as racism!! ”

If a complaint is made it has to be looked into, even if you think it's justified or not. I hope a detailed an explanation was sent to those ho complained though, to explain why their complaint was not upheld.

honeythewitch

21-11-2016

Originally Posted by notdebbiedingle:
“She didn't!!
It was clearly stated that it was just something her Mother (Stella) had always said!!”

And anyway, it is repeated all the time.

ForGodsSake

21-11-2016

I despair at the things people ring offcom about.
It's like they are LOOKING for something to complain about.

That was in no way Racist.
As mentioned before, it was a play on the word ROOTS and nothing else.

Whedonite

21-11-2016

I don't get it. Some people think it's racist to simply reference a show about black people? If Eva said "I look fresher than the Prince of Bel-Air", would that be racist?

Janet43

22-11-2016

Originally Posted by Whedonite:
“I don't get it. Some people think it's racist to simply reference a show about black people? If Eva said "I look fresher than the Prince of Bel-Air", would that be racist?”

For those looking for racism, yes. If you don't deliberately look for it, it's rare although obviously it does exist but not to the extent that some would have us believe.

Some complained that the voting on Strictly was racist because the first two out were black, when it was more likely that the dances just didn't appeal, weren't thought to be that good, or that many didn't know who either were and voted for someone they knew.