Tag Archives: Racism

Racism Charges Divide British TV, Music Industries

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on February 14th, 2008

A BBC reporter criticizes comedian Lenny Henry for his comments about race and employment practices at the company. Reporter Olenkia Frenkiel says, “Lenny Henry calls for a black dg (Director-General). Any black dg?

Big Brother Contestant Sent Home for Using ‘N’ Word

By MacKenzie Wilson | Posted on June 7th, 2007

After cynically using the race row to attract attention to the stale Celebrity Big Brother franchise, British broadcaster Channel 4 were caught off-guard by the outrage directed at them. That’s why the new season of the reality ...

Britons Love Bollywood. Race-Mixing? Not So Much…

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on May 29th, 2007

Why are the Bollywood “Oscars” being held in Sheffield of all places? “For British filmgoers, Bollywood is a more popular non-Hollywood genre than European arthouse movies, and its titles now regularly appear in UK ...

Tony Blair Blames It On the Blacks?

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on April 12th, 2007

Some might claim that “foot-in-mouth” disease – now renamed Don Imus Syndrome – is the new avian flu, so contagious that it leaps continents: yesterday, Prime Minister Tony Blair outraged black leaders in the ...

A Little Brit of Politics: MP Fired For Racism. Plus: Diana Inquest

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on March 8th, 2007

This guy makes Joe Biden look like the Mahatma: Patrick Mercer, a British homeland security minister, said racist slurs like “black bastard” should be expected in the Army, and added that while he was a colonel, “I ...

Mexico Slaughtered Britain at Last Night’s Oscars

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on February 26th, 2007

The British dominance of Hollywood has been a big story throughout award season. But one could be forgiven for mistaking last night’s Oscars for a World Cup match, and, predictably, Britain got beaten by Mexico.

Who Loves The Sun? Racists, Maybe???

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on January 30th, 2007

OK, this is soooo wrongheaded, I almost mistook it for self-satire. On the front page of today’s issue of The Sun, a group of children of differing ethnicities hold signs bearing racial slurs.

Stand Back: Jade Goody’s Gonna Blow Tonight!

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on January 19th, 2007

LOL…it’s kinda funny that the notoriously bigoted British tabloids are blasting UK star Jade Goody for her racist comments toward Shilpa Shetty. The Sun has labeled Ms.

A Reality Show Grips a Nation: The “Big Brother” Race Row

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on January 18th, 2007

If only CBS’ version of the show could get so much buzz: even Britain’s politicians have weighed in on the allegations of racism in the Celebrity Big Brother house. As we reported yesterday, Jade Goody, Goody’s ...