I'm not sure I'd regard that as intentioanlly racist.
Stereotyping, yes, but most of us do that on a regualr basis without even realising it.
While it may be politically more accurate, I'm not sure that "adopting a filipino, chinese, indian, african or otherwise underpriveleged boy to clean the chimneys" would be any more acceptable, and certainly not dramatically effective, or reflective of how people generally speak.Originally Posted by joebloggs
why Filipino ? what's the Philippines got to do with chimney sweeps, cheap labour ? why not china or india then ??
NB - I havent yet seen the program but will hopefully watch it tomorrow on iplayer - I quite like Torchwood normally.
