Ziggy race row

[chompu]

Is this a case of double standards from Channel 4.



http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/bb/0209_ziggy. shtml

[chazza]

Apparently he was quoting lyrics from a song rather than calling someone the N word as Emily did. Anyway I'm sure Emily was a "plant" to show housemates what the consequences of racism would be

[andrea81]

Deffinatly double standards. emily said that she used the word as an effectionate way, like she does with her friends who are black and said about it being in music etc...

What Ziggy did was the same thing, but Emily was the one made an example of!

Channel 4 obviously haven't learned by their mistakes and are fools to think that this wouldn't cause a stirr!

[4getmenot]

he didnt call him it. He was singing and it was a line in the song. And everyone knows Emily was put in there because of what happened on celebrity BB, she has not been seen since nor done any interviews. She was just a scapegoat

[chompu]

I don't see a lot of difference between singing a line from a song and quoting a term from a song but I do agree Emily was a sacrificial scapegoat and possibly a plant.

[4getmenot]

well I can sing along to my Dr Dre album but me calling someone N word would be different. I'm no racist

[eyeshade]

Oh for goodness sake it CLEARLY isn't the same thing, think about the task they were doing! IT WAS A TASK!!!
It is nothing like what Emily did. They were supposed to portray what the housemates did. Poor old Ziggy, can't win can he.

[penlid]

Perhaps it it was being fixed so that Brian won after the racism incident then if it showed what ziggy said then it would become more obvious that it was a fix. if you get me.

[chompu]

How do you know it was a task, eyeshade? It wasn't broadcast. The similarities with Emily are CLEAR. Ziggy states it was a line from a song. Emily said she used it because she had heard it in songs.
When this was discussed after Emily was evicted, the black people who posted on here said they would be offended by a white person using the word in whatever context. And calm down it's not a dig at Ziggy.

[I.Don No]

If this allegation is true, and according to NOTW channel 4 have admitted this, then how can we possibly trust anything they broadcast?

I have made a pact with myself not to watch BB again.