I rarely comment on the Mail, other websites for instance the brilliant Mailwatch do an excellent critique of everything that is wrong with such a paper. However once in a while I find the paper extremely vile in it's reporting.My current annoyance is directly linked to the news that Eastenders will screen a "All black episode" of the soap tonight (Tuesday 24th September). The problem stems from the fact that the BBC at no time has billed this as a "All Black episode", the only people who have are the Mail Newspapers and in this several of commentators, all of whom must struggle to read as at the end of the article it quite clearly states the BBC are NOT billing this as what the Mail suggests they are.
Any Point?
So why have the Mail sparked this latest row? Are they still campaigning on the back of the "Brand/Ross Scandal" or are they, and it wouldn't be for the first time, stirring up racial tensions?
As mentioned by the spokeswoman from the BBC, this is not the first time the BBC has shown a episode featuring only a certain amount of characters, with all the previous isolated story lines featuring nothing but White people.
This storyline seems to be another difficult story being tackled in the most sensible manner, by some excellent actors. If the real reason is that the Mail want to protect the nation from the past then again it's a disgrace. We should not accept this petty racism and should draw parallels with our current climate. The fact we don't discuss the Notting Hill riots in schools, along with the covert racism towards people is another reason why we see the rise of such factions as the BNP.
And I for one would not vote for a party with ideologies, that my relatives fought so hard to prevent.
Matt Hurst
In reference to this article: - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1153903/BBC-screen-episode-EastEnders-featuring-black-cast.html
