I haven't watched any of Big Brother VIII until tonight when I watched the Emily Parr incident on YouTube.
Charley thought she was pregnant and Emily said, "You're pushing it out, you nigger."
Thoughtless, yes. Daft, yes. Offensive, not it appears to Charley and she was the one Emily was talking to.
Should Emily have been evicted for what she said? Should the opprobrium of the nation be heaped on this young girl's shoulders? Was she being racist? Nay, nay and thrice nay.
Channel 4 overreacted. You could tell from the eviction footage that she did not intend to upset Charley and if Charley wasn't upset, then who are the rest to take offence on her behalf?
Let Emily be...
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Saturday, 9 June 2007
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