MetaFilter posts tagged with racism and television

Pillocks

Artw — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:57:31 -0800

"The BNP represents Britain's workers? They don't even represent basic British craftsmanship" - a response to the recent political broadcast by the UKs far right extremists the BNP, who are currently trying to exploit expenses scandals hiting the larger parties. Weirdly despite demanding British jobs for British workers their advertising uses American models.

Bollywood Vs Bigots on UKs Big Brother

Artw — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:43:53 -0800

The UKs Celebrity Big Brother provokes a diplomatic incident after bullying and alleged racism in the Big Brother house. At the center of the furor are Shilpa Shetty, massive bollywood film star, and Jade Goody, a previous Big Brother content famous for being a previous big brother contestant and her odd views on geography. Both Jade and Shetty are now up for eviction, with the formerly popular Jade being widely expected to be evicted. She could face trouble on the outside, where already an anti-bullying charity she represents has dropped her. Meanwhile Shetty has become favorite to win.

Spots Before Your Eyes

LinusMines — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:23:44 -0800

Spots Before Your Eyes, an award-winning series of animated shorts promoting tolerance and human relations, produced in the 1950s by the American Jewish Committee (at AJC Archives)

N-I-G-G-E-R

LinusMines — Sun, 04 Jul 2004 11:15:30 -0800

Cable channel Trio drops the N-bomb An original documentary, premiering tonight, takes a close look at a troublesome word.

jia — Fri, 16 Mar 2001 21:28:55 -0800

You think American teevee is bad? You ain't seen nothing yet, boy. Japanese teevee, in additional to being obsessed with human degradation and suffering, is also blatantly and inappropriately racist at times. Now the crap they show on Fox doesn't seem so bad in comparison, does it?