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Originally Posted by Gary L
I've never played the devils advocaat before, but to prove a point that there was some sort of biast in the way Britains history and its present was represented in the olympics ceremony, is. were there any rich black business people in the industrial revolution era. as there were shown to be in the production?.
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This is just a reality of casting. They needed thousands of people so some of them will be black. Especially in London which has a higher percentage of ethnic minorities amongst it's citizens compared to Britain as a whole. At least 30% of Londoners do not identify themselves as 'White British'. So yes, there will be black performers in the Opening Ceremony. This is not to make a point but simply a reality and no one should, or seems, to care.
This isn't an issue. Even The Mail has pulled the most offensive parts of the article because they know they've gone a bit too far this time. The comments on the article aren't supportive. The real surprise is how badly Paul Dacre judged the public mood, he is usually more astute than that.