BBC in Filipno racist Gaffe

[adam&chryss]

i married my wife to clean the chimneys but i have house with no chimneys

and also i never knew they was good as chimney sweeps!

i saw the show and was more concerned with the gay guy acting tough.

I agree, never heard of a filipino chimneysweep.
Filipino nurses or caregivers would be more accurate im sure

[nigel]

I think the guy has got a point...I'm not going to deny that Filipino's are working as nurses/maids/carers in many places...there is nothing wrong with it as such....whats wrong is when people talk and act as if Filipino's are only good for this kind of thing, it's not right! It's oppression!

I get saddened when I hear Filipino's say I could be a maid..a waitress/waiter...a carer/nurse....there is nothing wrong with this as such but, why not manager of multimillion pound company? Why not an Estate Agent? etc..In my experience Filipino's can be very educated, I've spoke to children in Philippines that are more educated and intelligent than me...

I once started the thread "The Filipina Maid Mentality" and I'm not sure you guys understood what I was getting at...Is the Filipino modesty really an oppression? I sometimes feel it might be..

[Sophie]

Is the Filipino modesty really an oppression? I sometimes feel it might be..

In some way, yeah, i think so too................

[trader dave]

its a joke lang some find it funny others dont

if it was said on philippine tv noboby would be phoning up to complain ,because as someone said cheap labour ,slave labour ,human rights does not exist YET