Heil Big Brother !

The winner of the heated UK version of Big Brother was just revealed to be Shilpa Shetty, the Indian woman who had been the target of alleged racial slurs on the live show.
Now, the reason why I say alleged, is that there seems to be a discretion as to how much racism there was in the show, and how much prejudice and ignorance existed.

There were words used by the white folk in the house, but being racist and prejudiced are two separate things.
Everyone can agree that both come from the same tree - racism comes from not liking or admitting to another race other than your own, while prejudiced means you acknowledge other races but you only tolerate them because society says to do so.
Everybody is prejudiced inside, it is a given fact. We all know the stereotypes for every race, and we all say a joke or two, or stare too long. Lets just all admit it and be done with it. But it takes a special few to really be racist - we're talking about generating hate against a race of people.

In the show, I seriously doubt that the women who were involved with the incident had any inkling towards killing their housemate (at least I hope so....) They were just totally ignorant about the world around them. They aren't exactly the shining examples themselves of "best people on television" - one is an ex-overweight (but it still shows), backwards, dumb-as-a-box-of-crayons, regular on Big Brother (and when you're a regular on the show, you know you have nothing to contribute anywhere else...oh, wait she has her "beauty salon" named Ugly's - so how much do you expect from a beauty salon with a name like that ? You should see her website, it actually displays all of the stupid things she's said over the years like a medal.....at least she won't be alone, she has her high-school drop-out boyfriend/electrician/model to keep her company....), and the other is a washed up pop singer-turned dog breeder, who found her way onto a show that parallels the Surreal Life (and if you've ever noticed, all the "celebrities" in that show are second stringers who don't have anything left, and need to pay the bills with the cash they earn from the show....maybe that's why S-Club 7 broke up, Jo spent all their money...)

It was a much bigger and classier action taken by Ms.Shetty to not take the low road like the other castmates, and by telling everybody she doesn't take it personally.
Why should she ?
She has earned an estimated $16 million in magazines and appearances, and stands to earn another $2 million from new contracts. On top of that, she beat them all in the game !
Beats running an Ugly beauty salon and breeding bitches, doesn't it ?


Octavian