The alleged racial remarks on Shilpa Shetty by her fellow contestants has for all purpose triggered a hornet`s nest.The electronic media has ,as always, gone overboard in its coverage of the issue.The issue has been blown so much out of proportion that everybody who is anybody has commented on the issue.One can appreciate the ridiculousness of the situation even more when one sees Britain`s Chancellor of the Exchequer,Gordon Brown and India`s Finance Minister P.C.Chidambaram being forced to comment on the non-event.
It is a fact that racial prejudice runs deep and wide ,not just in Britain but also in India.Not saying it overtly does not mean that racial prejudices do not exist.Look at any of the matrimonial advertisements and one will come across the 'fairness fixation'in Indian society.Prejudices cannot be removed solely through legislation or use of force.It can be done by breaking the stereotypes and promoting people to people contact belonging to diverse groups.
Coming back to Shilpa Shetty issue,she should have ignored the barbs or given those abusing her a taste of their own medicine.Taking offence at being called 'the Indian' beats me ,does she not consider herself Indian or what and moreover she could have called them by their nationality.
Finally ,Reality TV has got to show reality ,however unpleasant it may be .We may not like to admit it but all of us are prejudiced one way or the other !
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I agree with your views,none of us are above prejudices of some kind or the other.
Although that still doesn't take away anything from the fact the ugly trio,especially the mother and daughter(belch...BUTT UGLY)are making comments and conductimg themselves in a downright tasteless manner(going by the clips we've seen on TV)and it all probably stems from an inherent belief that somehow whites are superior than the other races.
Shilpa is a bad actor,she always was.Maybe her portrayal of fake earnesty gets to the other contestants more than anything else especially when it's layered thickly with bad acting.
But without having the benefit of actually watching the show it's difficult to say what kind of behaviour might have triggered off such onslaught of slurs,insults and bullying.
Let's be honest,inherently we all have some amount of prejudice aginst each other,but it's probably a much stronger within a White person.
So well said...even though Shilpa has been amassing sympathy from all the sections of society and also the world over, she could have dealt with the situation in a better manner...
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