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Old 30-07-2012, 17:29   #193
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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.

With regards to the black and white couple. that was obviously a concious decision. which really imho was a bit pathetic.
I replied on that page and here is the gyst of what I posted.

I live in leicester which is a multi cultural area, many races living in one area which is fine.

However when I leave leics I do notice just about everyone I see is white, so I also know leics is not representative of the country as a whole. Also even in leicester I rarely see mixed race couples. So yes some people are racist, but also that the bbc are noticebly trying too hard to support mixed races.
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