Last updated: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
CHANNEL 4 HIT BY NEW RACISM ROW
British network Channel 4 has been hit with another reality TV racism row, after a contestant on SHIPWRECKED described black people as "really bad" during an episode broadcast on Sunday (21JAN06).
Channel 4 show CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER created controversy in both Britain and India over allegations Bollywood beauty SHILPA SHETTY was subjected to a torrent of racial abuse after entering the programme's sealed compound earlier this month (JAN07).
And now 18-year-old LUCY BUCHANAN has thrown Channel 4 back into the dock with her explosive comments advocating slavery, which were broadcast at 6.25pm local time.
She said, "I'm for the British Empire and things. I'm for slavery... My mind is completely open to different cultures - but I just do not think they should bring (black people) to Britain."
When Buchanan was confronted by other contestants on the show - which maroons young people on a desert island for three months - about her comments, she replied, "I'm afraid you have (a racist) here."
A spokesperson for Channel 4 insists, "It was very clear to the viewers that the others found those views offensive. She does change her mind through the course of the show.
"I'm not making excuses, but she's been in boarding school since she was four years old."
Source: WENN
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