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Originally Posted by Russ
Just because something is your opinion does not make it a fact and as you're unable to back your view up with any evidence so far it will remain just your perception, as inconvenient as that may be to you.
I could tell everyone you have a conviction for fraud (I do not believe you have such by the way). Unless I can back it up with evidence it's just a perception. As Hugh says if you put forward a premise it's up to you to prove it, not for others to disprove.
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As previously explained, it is not my opinion, it is fact. I ought to know as I studied this as part of my degree and am involved in diversity issues as part of my job to this day. You would know this if you had done your research (this never seems to be a problem on here when various people wish to undermine what others have said).
Interestingly, Lenny Henry is still calling for 'positive discrimination' to get more blacks onto television. I think that there's enough and that it's a fair representation of the population as a whole.
Disabled people make up 16% of the population, yet get only 2.5% of TV acting and presenting jobs.
Fourteen of the last twenty seven Best Actor Oscar winners played someone with a disability, yet none of them were actually disabled.
Breaking Bad was the exception rather than the rule, in that an actor with Cerebral Palsy actually played the part of someone with Cerebral Palsy.
Getting back to the crux of my point, i'm curious to know why racism is taken more seriously by society than other forms of discrimination.
For example, it was made an offence to 'incite racial hatred'. No such provision was made with regards to gay people, those suffering from a disability, women etc.