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Old 29-07-2012, 15:57   #100
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Current affairs discussion

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Originally Posted by Gary L View Post
But you do have to admit that they do go out of their way to get ethnic minorities into these kind of things. such as leaflets and literature.

not that it's a bad thing. but you can clearly see that they had to physically go out there and hand pick them if you like.

I'm not bothered either way. but you have to wonder whether it's sort of patronising to those who are hand picked.
or the organisers could have simply asked for 50 performers to act in a sequence for the opening ceremony and some just happened to be from ethnic backgrounds which is hardly surprising given that even people from ethnic backgrounds may quite like the performing arts and even (and this may be a revelation to you so hang on to your britches) take part in them
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