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Old 10-05-2007, 10:40
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Sorry OP, I think Katie is just one of those people who looks down on everyone who she deems to be socially and intellectually inferior to her. I would imagine the guy in the Pharmacy had an few A grades in his academic resume otherwise I doubt she would have spoken to him at all, regardless of his ethnic background.
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Old 10-05-2007, 10:57
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I didn't see any racism as such, I just saw her being unbelievably patronising to someone she felt was lower down than her... those C-stream people.
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Old 10-05-2007, 11:42
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She's only prejudiced against Northeners.
Perhaps he was from the north of India?
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Old 10-05-2007, 11:45
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I think she's patronising to everyone - doesn't matter who they are!
Sounds like a comment by my cousin once to an Asian guy that accused him of being racist. His reply was "Of course I am racist, I hate every B'stwrd" So he may be racist, but at least he is equal to all races.
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Old 10-05-2007, 11:46
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Perhaps he was from the north of India?
Excellent point!
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Old 10-05-2007, 12:34
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Katie patronizes the Indian man!!!

Oh heaven help, we are not going to get another load of nut jobs in india burning Katie effigies this time ffs?

Katie is offensive. To just about everyone. Let's just hope she is pulled down a peg or six (and fired) in the next episode.

Why would the Indian public be concerned about the way in which Katie treated a British pharmacist? If you are drawing a parallel to the CBB row, I would point out that Shilpa is an Indian actress.
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Old 10-05-2007, 12:43
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In this instance, Tre is from an Asian background, and his own parents may well speak like that. There was no offence intended.
I suppose it depends what part of Asia Tre's family is originally from
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Old 10-05-2007, 12:45
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Don't be ridiculous. Tre is of an Asian background, he was just hamming up the accent a bit. No-one moans when black people makes jokes about black people or when jewish people make jokes about jewish people (eg. Borat), as it's considered OK.

In this instance, Tre is from an Asian background, and his own parents may well speak like that. There was no offence intended.

As for Simon, he was just playing along with Tre, I don't think anything was meant.
Tre is ignorant full stop. Have we forgotten last weeks enlightening synopsis of the French people. He is another little jumped up moron with a superiority complex!
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Old 10-05-2007, 12:46
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Don't be ridiculous. Tre is of an Asian background, he was just hamming up the accent a bit. No-one moans when black people makes jokes about black people or when jewish people make jokes about jewish people (eg. Borat), as it's considered OK.

In this instance, Tre is from an Asian background, and his own parents may well speak like that. There was no offence intended.

As for Simon, he was just playing along with Tre, I don't think anything was meant.

I thought Simon's head wobbling "indian impersonation" was a disgrace.
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Old 10-05-2007, 12:49
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I thought Simon's head wobbling "indian impersonation" was a disgrace.
Did you hear the comment from the panelists on YF? They aptly described the scene as something out of it ain't half hot mum. Simon is a gormless moron anyway. If you put the pair of them together, what do you expect! I think it was really patronising of Tre to assume that if he put an Indian accent on, that was the only way the cash an carry lady could communicate with him!
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Old 10-05-2007, 12:56
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I thought Simon's head wobbling "indian impersonation" was a disgrace.
Yeah, it was really awful. Totally racist and ignorant. You could see that Tre and Naomi were both a bit uncomfortable at the way he was behaving.
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Old 10-05-2007, 12:58
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Did you hear the comment from the panelists on YF? They aptly described the scene as something out of it ain't half hot mum. Simon is a gormless moron anyway. If you put the pair of them together, what do you expect! I think it was really patronising of Tre to assume that if he put an Indian accent on, that was the only way the cash an carry lady could communicate with him!


Ha ha ha - not watched YF yet, - will look forward to seeing that . Also "gormless moron" is a perfect description .
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Old 10-05-2007, 13:07
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Don't be ridiculous. Tre is of an Asian background, he was just hamming up the accent a bit. No-one moans when black people makes jokes about black people or when jewish people make jokes about jewish people (eg. Borat), as it's considered OK.

In this instance, Tre is from an Asian background, and his own parents may well speak like that. There was no offence intended.

As for Simon, he was just playing along with Tre, I don't think anything was meant.
When he was on the phone, he was playing the accent up to get the girl he was talking to onside. Simon started taking the mick out of him after the call for doing it, when yes Tre then did it again in a comical fashion, but them stated that it just makes good business sense to invoke empathy where you can (paraphrasing here, can't remember the exact words)

As for Katie, that's just ridiculous she has patronised everyone she has come in contact with. She doesn't think she is better than the shopkeeper, she thinks she is better than everyone. She's not racist, she a b****
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Old 10-05-2007, 13:42
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katie wasn't racist at all.. just patronising as per usual

I didn't like simon shaking his head.. I found that offensive.
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Old 10-05-2007, 13:45
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I thought the Simon head shaking thing was hilarious. Most Indians I know (myself included) do it, and its funny.

And he got it right too... d'you know how hard it is to get the wobble just right?
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Old 10-05-2007, 13:55
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I thought the Simon head shaking thing was hilarious. Most Indians I know (myself included) do it, and its funny.

And he got it right too... d'you know how hard it is to get the wobble just right?

Exactly!!

I am half Indian- and I wasn't offended by it. I thought it was an amusing segment, and the head wobbling, as MichBOT pointed it, is what a lot of Indians do!

So please, stop saying it was racist. It wasn't. And I should know.
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Old 10-05-2007, 14:52
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To quote Christopher Eccleston:
"A lot of planets have got a north."
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Old 10-05-2007, 15:39
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Why would the Indian public be concerned about the way in which Katie treated a British pharmacist? If you are drawing a parallel to the CBB row, I would point out that Shilpa is an Indian actress.
Perhaps you need to consult with the OP who described the shopworker as an Indian. I have never met him so I could not tell you whether he was born in southall, mumbi or wherever.

The point of the post was the assumption that there was (apparantly) racism towards an 'indian'
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Old 10-05-2007, 15:40
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To quote Christopher Eccleston:
"A lot of planets have got a north."
I love that quote! Classic.
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Old 10-05-2007, 15:46
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Don't be ridiculous. Tre is of an Asian background, he was just hamming up the accent a bit. No-one moans when black people makes jokes about black people or when jewish people make jokes about jewish people (eg. Borat), as it's considered OK.

In this instance, Tre is from an Asian background, and his own parents may well speak like that. There was no offence intended.

As for Simon, he was just playing along with Tre, I don't think anything was meant.
Isn't Tre Arab.....in the episode with the photos, naked ones, Sir Alans right hand man said that.

If he is...then it is culturally offensive, before anyone says anything Arabs and South Asians are not the same, even if some share a faith
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Old 10-05-2007, 15:46
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Oh, don't start!

Katie is just plain rude... and has a false sense of superiority.

Doesn't mean she's racist.
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Old 10-05-2007, 15:58
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If you look at the unseen clips on the BBC Apprentice site there is one where she upsets an eldery man who was selling the rabbits. Kristina has to step in and rescue the situation.

Then the man gets his own back (by accident) by saying he was expecting YOUNG girls. Their faces were a picture and even Margaret laughed.
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Old 10-05-2007, 16:08
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If you look at the unseen clips on the BBC Apprentice site there is one where she upsets an eldery man who was selling the rabbits. Kristina has to step in and rescue the situation.

Then the man gets his own back (by accident) by saying he was expecting YOUNG girls. Their faces were a picture and even Margaret laughed.
That was such a funny clip! The man got so flustered and confused after what he said.
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Old 10-05-2007, 16:41
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She patronises everyone, even Siralan. I don't think she's fussy about race. ......Class on the other hand....
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Old 10-05-2007, 17:58
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Oh No! Can we not go down this route please?

Katie is patronising full stop. She patronises everyone, including SAS. She is not a nice person, I greatly dislike her but you can't start calling racism just because one day she patronised an asian person.
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