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[Melton Fox]

which doesn't stop a White person winning an award. A white person can still record music of Black Origin.

How many Asians are in Eastenders and Coronation Street?
How many Afro-Carribbeans are in Hollyoaks?
Is there a Asian or Far Eastern filmstar making mainstream blockbusters?

How many white people are in Indian soap operas or bollywood movies?, that's the comparison you need to look at Hazza.

 

[Lako42]

which doesn't stop a White person winning an award. A white person can still record music of Black Origin.

How many Asians are in Eastenders and Coronation Street?
How many Afro-Carribbeans are in Hollyoaks?

there have always been both in both.

 

[Matt_B]

which doesn't stop a White person winning an award. A white person can still record music of Black Origin.

How many Asians are in Eastenders and Coronation Street?
How many Afro-Carribbeans are in Hollyoaks?
Is there a Asian or Far Eastern filmstar making mainstream blockbusters?

Aren't there asian families in both?

Bend it like Beckham? The Guru?

 

[drew]

There are a few but my understanding is you choose a profession such as lawyer, police force, student of which anyone from any culture can join. Yet from what i can gather you don't get to choose your race....

 

[homer]

:icon_roll

Please enlighten me as to where the line should be drawn for 'allowable' Balls and/or Summer Dances, and those which should be deemed discriminatory ?

 

[Hazzman]

MOBO contains the word "Black" in it's title. I find that disgusting and I would hope we would ever think of putting the word "white" in a title.

Now, I know lots of people will fall for the spin of "Black Origin" doesn't exclude white people, but it's a cover

Why is it a cover? White people have won MOBOs.

The likes of Q, NME, Brits all generally celebrate just white people's music. They are ''white'' awards in all but name.

 

[Lako42]

Please enlighten me as to where the line should be drawn for 'allowable' Balls and/or Summer Dances, and those which should be deemed discriminatory ?

im really not going to get into something so stupid.

 

[drew]

Half the problem is non-ethnic people trying to be to PC.

 

[Lako42]

The likes of Q, NME, Brits all generally celebrate just white people's music. They are ''white'' awards in all but name.

so would there be an uproar if they did put that in the name?

 

[Jeff]

Half the problem is non-ethnic people trying to be to PC.

Half the problem is people don't know what the word ethnic means :icon_roll

 

[homer]

Half the problem is non-ethnic people trying to be to PC.

Or maybe the problem is white people with a chip on their shoulder taking offence as something as harmless as a feckin' dance for people of a similar heritage/background/race

Bizarre

 

[Hazzman]

Aren't there asian families in both?

Bend it like Beckham? The Guru?

The only ever all Asian family are on Eastenders were chucked off. Corno Street has never had an Asian family and still there remains only 2 or 3 asian characters.

Bend It Like Beckham was a small film, The Guru as well. The likes of Mission Impossible and Transformers have never had an Asian star even in the major supporting case.

 

[homer]

Half the problem is people don't know what the word ethnic means :icon_roll

We should just go back to using the term 'coloured' and then everyone would be fine

 

[Lako42]

Bend It Like Beckham was a small film, The Guru as well. The likes of Mission Impossible and Transformers have never had an Asian star even in the major supporting case.

Why should they have to. Are we really getting to the stage where we are saying there should be an asian person in every single film.

PC pisses me right off.

 

[Matt_B]

Color and race are only issues because people keep finding reasons and ways for them to be

 

[Melton Fox]

Corno Street has never had an Asian family

Wrong

 

[Hazzman]

How many white people are in Indian soap operas or bollywood movies?, that's the comparison you need to look at Hazza.

Bollywood is a whole different culture - and has no real appliance to Modern Day Britain. It's still rarely shown on the main 5 channels and that's why there is a need for MATV.

so would there be an uproar if they did put that in the name?

Yes but it would finally show they have been excluding people for years. That's the reason why the MOBOs came about.

The Brits last year dropped the Urban Music Award.

 

[drew]

I don't have a problem with the MoBos. I just pointed out that they stand for music of black origin, not Urban.

What I do object to is the PC brigade who don't really have anything to do with these groups.

 

[Melton Fox]

Bollywood is a whole different culture - and has no real appliance to Modern Day Britain. It's still rarely shown on the main 5 channels and that's why there is a need for MATV.

I'm talking about in India, not in England

 

[homer]

Color and race are only issues because people keep finding reasons and ways for them to be

No American spelling on here, sunshine - pure white English only.........