chrisp65 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 12 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: That’s not true at all. It’s the timing that people are questioning. Nobody has a problem with black presenters. They have a problem with sacking white presenters to replace them with black presenters for the sake of diversity. Now I’m not for a second saying this is what is happening and personality I do not think it is. But sky maybe could have gone about things differently to prevent this issue. Should they have promised the replacements won’t be black? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 14 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Should they have promised the replacements won’t be black? They could have sacked a proportionate amount of black presenters. What's 3% of 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 13 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Should they have promised the replacements won’t be black? Well if anything if the replacements are black people are going to now say it’s only because of their colour even though they will most likely be the best person for the job. It’s quite unfair on the next presenter to get the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Fascinating what excites people in to having an opinion on racism. Windrush? Grenfell? Marcus Coutain? Or some white football pundits? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted August 29, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2020 Not having your highly paid fixed term contract renewed is not being sacked 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 12 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Well if anything if the replacements are black people are going to now say it’s only because of their colour even though they will most likely be the best person for the job. It’s quite unfair on the next presenter to get the job. That's a choice though isn't it. People don't have to launch accusations of tokenism*. *assuming the programme continues in the same way, with non-white presenters, which as far as I have seen has not been announced and is hypothetical at this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I personally think they should recruit Shebby Singh. Not enough Asians on the show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 56 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: That’s not true at all. It’s the timing that people are questioning. Nobody has a problem with black presenters. They have a problem with sacking white presenters to replace them with black presenters for the sake of diversity. Now I’m not for a second saying this is what is happening and personality I do not think it is. But sky maybe could have gone about things differently to prevent this issue. But they do The notion that white people have lost their job and might be replaced by black people for the sake of diversity deeply offends people But the big issue is that they maybe maybe havent done it because of diversity they've just done it because the black chap is better..... Minds are blown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: That’s not true at all. It’s the timing that people are questioning. Nobody has a problem with black presenters. They have a problem with sacking white presenters to replace them with black presenters for the sake of diversity. Now I’m not for a second saying this is what is happening and personality I do not think it is. But sky maybe could have gone about things differently to prevent this issue. Thats exactly it if that happens and then replacing them with useless pundits like micah Richards It might not happen but if it does then of course people have a right to complain. Thats the point making Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Follyfoot Posted August 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 29, 2020 32 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Off topic but when George accidentally made comment regarding Franks gay son is probably one of the funniest things I’ve ever watched Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 As others have said, Micah Richards is a decent pundit, dont know why you're so fixated on him Dem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 On 29/08/2020 at 16:24, Vive_La_Villa said: That’s not true at all. It’s the timing that people are questioning. Nobody has a problem with black presenters. They have a problem with sacking white presenters to replace them with black presenters for the sake of diversity. Now I’m not for a second saying this is what is happening and personality I do not think it is. But sky maybe could have gone about things differently to prevent this issue. Could someone post a link or a quote or anything showing that Sky sacked them in order to replace them with 3 black presenters? How could they have gone about sacking people differently? I'm guessing the answer is not sack them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 6 hours ago, Keyblade said: Could someone post a link or a quote or anything showing that Sky sacked them in order to replace them with 3 black presenters? How could they have gone about sacking people differently? I'm guessing the answer is not sack them? They havent announced who the replacements are yet. The rumours are it will be a rotational group not a set panel like it has been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 30/08/2020 at 00:05, Follyfoot said: Off topic but when George accidentally made comment regarding Franks gay son is probably one of the funniest things I’ve ever watched I just re-watched that, proper funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 31, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2020 47 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: They havent announced who the replacements are yet. The rumours are it will be a rotational group not a set panel like it has been. So you and others moaning about this are, in fact, moaning about nothing? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 4 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: So you and others moaning about this are, in fact, moaning about nothing? Your post is so pointless stevo here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 17 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: So you and others moaning about this are, in fact, moaning about nothing? It's sadly the same sort of views that got vented because the BBC decided to cut 2 minutes out of a series from the 80's. It's so pointless and takes away oxygen from the actual debate. People haven't been hired because of their race, yet some people can't stop themselves thinking about some white old men being hypothetically replaced by someone with a different colour rather than question why the BBC have had their whitewash stance in the first place. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 31, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2020 29 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Your post is so pointless stevo here Why is it? Several people including me pointed out that this was a non story. You and others were moaning because you thought they were sacking white pundits to be replaced by black pundits. There was never a report or even a suggestion that this was what was actually happening. It was faux outrage over a hypothetical situation that hadn’t happened and wouldn’t happen. You’ve just admitted that it’s not happening, so why was everyone moaning? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted August 31, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2020 I'll tell you what. If all our wives and girlfriends left us for Black lesbian partners it'd be an absolute outrage. I'm gonna go upstairs and have it out with the Mrs, just in case. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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