Racist comment ? By Voice presenter on CH4?

therewillbe

Whilst the Tv was on and the programme was ending(Come dine with me) 17.00/18.00Hrs on Channel 4 the guy who does the programme announcing made a reference to the show on later"15 and counting"and I loosely quote him,"..and I thought it was only the Irish" I dont usually get worked up but was this a personal slip up or something that is promoted within British TV?If anyone has it recorded Please tell me I was hearing things.

Technocentral

Relax man, I didn't hear it but there's more important things in the world to be concerned about like the global financial meltdown etc.

RayM

therewillbe wrote: »

If anyone has it recorded Please tell me I was hearing things.

You weren't hearing things. Did you hear the announcer's accent though? He is Irish.

RayM

RayM wrote: »

therewillbe wrote: »

If anyone has it recorded Please tell me I was hearing things.

You weren't hearing things. Did you hear the announcer's accent though? He is Irish.

No he's not, Dave Lamb is English.

RayM

Deleted User wrote: »

No he's not, Dave Lamb is English.

It wasn't him - it was the continuity announcer after the programme.

therewillbe

Sound,I aint loosing it . So was it a Racist slur?

mcwhirter

It goes both ways. Always dodgy comments about english here in ireland.

curry-muff

Cmon, thats nothing. It's not like the English pillaged our homes and raped our wives...Oh wait!!!

mcwhirter

curry-muff wrote: »

Cmon, thats nothing. It's not like the English pillaged our homes and raped our wives...Oh wait!!!

Thats racist:D .Oh hang on...

JonathanAnon

Does this mean we have to burn down the Embassy again.. I was gonna just watch telly tonight..

Guy:Incognito

The utter bastard. Us Irish have never been known to tow the Catholic line and throw out babies like we were on commission........

therewillbe

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Does this mean we have to burn down the Embassy again.. I was gonna just watch telly tonight..

Meet you in Twenty minutes!

Newaglish

therewillbe wrote: »

Sound,I aint loosing it . So was it a Racist slur?

Are you for real? You're trying to find out on the internet if you should be offended?

AnonoBoy

Oh for gawd's sake.

It's not racism..... it's xenophobia if anything.

The King of Moo

It sounds like it was probably meant to be heard and was a light-hearted joke at himself more than anything else, considering he's Irish.

Surely it's more somewhat xenophobic than racist?

J. Marston

I put my remote through the television when I heard it. Disgraceful.

pappyodaniel

fryup

so in what context did he say it?? OP

irish can't count??

coylemj

The term 'racism' is used as a shield to protect groups of people from criticism based on racial stereotypes yet we Irish are happy to take positive comments but woe betide anyone who criticises us as a nation, especially the English!

For example, if a travel writer comments on how welcoming and hospitable the Irish are, that is technically a racist comment because it is a generalisation based on race.

As an Irishman it's ok for me to say that we are a filthy bunch of wasters who dump rubbish all over the countryside because some of us are too mean to pay for refuse collection. If an Englishman said that it would be racism.

M cebee

I notice on a mainstream uk forum I frequent that they seem to tolerate xenophism and racist slang that would be shot down here

therewillbe

fryup wrote: »

so in what context did he say it?? OP

irish can't count??

It was said in a off the cuff manner,Perhaps making small talk. I dont usually get annoyed at things like this but for a Main broadcaster to air this is not on,In my opinion anyway.

Riskymove

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Oh for gawd's sake.

It's not racism..... it's xenophobia if anything.

unless the announcer wasn't white!!:pac: