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So, the people behind Midsomer Murders recently said that there’s no black or Asian people on their show because it would prevent the show from being ‘the last bastion of Englishness‘, because there’s no ethnic minorities in an typical English village, amiright?
So- apologies to Freema Agyeman, Noel Clarke, Sophie Okonedo, Naomi Harris, Dame Kelly Holmes, Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lenny Henry (who has become a bit of a personal hero of mine after this), Antonia Thomas, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Ruth Negga, Naoko Mori, Daniel Anthony, Anjili Mohindra, Meera Syal, Colin Salmon, Hugh Quarshie, Adrian Lester, Trevor MacDonald, Konnie Huq, Lizo Mzimba, Naomi Campbell, Malorie Blackman, Benjamin Zephaniah, Anjoa Andoh, Idris Elba, Leona Lewis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Reggie Yates, Trevor Laird, Andy Peters, Richard Ayoade, Ainsley Harriot, Angel Coulby, Dev Patel, Omid Djalili, Melanie B, and oh so very many others- apparently you’re not English enough.
Sigh.
March 20, 2011 @ 4:34 am
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March 20, 2011 @ 7:19 am
Sarah, why can’t you accept that some people have different views to yourself? You believe that everyone on your list is English, I believe none of them are. Just like you though, I also have one vote to cast at an election and therefore my opinion is equally as valid as yours.