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| Shetty fears Big Brother 'racism' | Shetty fears Big Brother 'racism' |
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| Celebrity Big Brother housemate Shilpa Shetty has spoken for the first time of fears that she is a victim of racism. | Celebrity Big Brother housemate Shilpa Shetty has spoken for the first time of fears that she is a victim of racism. |
| Fellow contestant Jade Goody told the actress: "Go back to the slums" in a row that erupted over stock cubes. | Fellow contestant Jade Goody told the actress: "Go back to the slums" in a row that erupted over stock cubes. |
| Shetty later told housemate Cleo Rocos that she feared she was being targeted because of her race. | Shetty later told housemate Cleo Rocos that she feared she was being targeted because of her race. |
| Reports say Shetty and Goody are to go head-to-head in the next Celebrity Big Brother evictions, with Goody 1-5 favourite to get the boot. | Reports say Shetty and Goody are to go head-to-head in the next Celebrity Big Brother evictions, with Goody 1-5 favourite to get the boot. |
| The nominations come as the latest argument threatens to escalate the international row that has broken out over the show. | The nominations come as the latest argument threatens to escalate the international row that has broken out over the show. |
| Rocos, comforting the Bollywood actress following yesterday's row, told Shetty: "I don't think there's anything racist in it." | Rocos, comforting the Bollywood actress following yesterday's row, told Shetty: "I don't think there's anything racist in it." |
| But Shetty said: "It is, I'm telling you." | But Shetty said: "It is, I'm telling you." |
| In a statement, Channel 4 said there had been "no overt racial abuse or racist behaviour," despite more than 21,000 complaints from the public. | In a statement, Channel 4 said there had been "no overt racial abuse or racist behaviour," despite more than 21,000 complaints from the public. |
| HAVE YOUR SAY Shilpa Shetty is being victimised for being different, be it by colour, class or culture Urmisha Rathod, Barkingside Send us your comments How politicians got involved | HAVE YOUR SAY Shilpa Shetty is being victimised for being different, be it by colour, class or culture Urmisha Rathod, Barkingside Send us your comments How politicians got involved |
| Complaints have flooded in since housemate Goody, her mother Jackiey Budden and boyfriend Jack Tweedy; model Danielle Lloyd and former S Club singer Jo O'Meara allegedly began bullying the 31-year-old star. | Complaints have flooded in since housemate Goody, her mother Jackiey Budden and boyfriend Jack Tweedy; model Danielle Lloyd and former S Club singer Jo O'Meara allegedly began bullying the 31-year-old star. |
| Shetty has been a victim of regular sniping, has been branded a "dog", and told to clean out the toilet with her teeth by one housemate. | |
| Lloyd asked whether she has "stubble", while Budden asked whether she lived in a house or a shack. | Lloyd asked whether she has "stubble", while Budden asked whether she lived in a house or a shack. |
| Wednesday's row blew up when Shetty asked if there were any remaining stock cubes. | Wednesday's row blew up when Shetty asked if there were any remaining stock cubes. |
| She sparked a furious reaction from Goody, Lloyd and O'Meara when she said it was the only food she had ordered on the house shopping list. | She sparked a furious reaction from Goody, Lloyd and O'Meara when she said it was the only food she had ordered on the house shopping list. |
| Goody, 25, retaliated by calling Shetty a liar; O'Meara and Lloyd began to laugh. | Goody, 25, retaliated by calling Shetty a liar; O'Meara and Lloyd began to laugh. |
| Protesters burned effigies at a small demonstration in India | Protesters burned effigies at a small demonstration in India |
| After an exchange of words with Shetty, in which Shetty told Goody she needed elocution lessons, Goody launched into an expletive-ridden rant to Lloyd and O'Meara in which she said "fake" Shetty needed "a day in the slums". | After an exchange of words with Shetty, in which Shetty told Goody she needed elocution lessons, Goody launched into an expletive-ridden rant to Lloyd and O'Meara in which she said "fake" Shetty needed "a day in the slums". |
| She added: "Go in your community and go to all those people who look up to you and be real." | She added: "Go in your community and go to all those people who look up to you and be real." |
| The story has made the headlines in India, and a small-scale protest in the eastern Indian city of Patna saw the burning of an effigy of the show's organisers. | The story has made the headlines in India, and a small-scale protest in the eastern Indian city of Patna saw the burning of an effigy of the show's organisers. |
| India has also asked Britain to check whether any race laws have been broken. | India has also asked Britain to check whether any race laws have been broken. |
| Chancellor Gordon Brown said that the issue had been raised repeatedly during his trip to the country, adding: "I want Britain to be seen as a country of fairness and tolerance. Anything detracting from this I condemn." | Chancellor Gordon Brown said that the issue had been raised repeatedly during his trip to the country, adding: "I want Britain to be seen as a country of fairness and tolerance. Anything detracting from this I condemn." |
| Prime Minister Tony Blair - who has not seen the episodes in question - told the Commons that "we should oppose racism in all its forms", while Conservative leader David Cameron urged viewers to switch off in protest. | Prime Minister Tony Blair - who has not seen the episodes in question - told the Commons that "we should oppose racism in all its forms", while Conservative leader David Cameron urged viewers to switch off in protest. |
| 'Culture Clash' | 'Culture Clash' |
| Mr Cameron told BBC Scotland: "I haven't watched this series, I don't intend to, but anyone who does and who doesn't like this racism, there's a great regulator, its called the 'off' button." | Mr Cameron told BBC Scotland: "I haven't watched this series, I don't intend to, but anyone who does and who doesn't like this racism, there's a great regulator, its called the 'off' button." |
| In their statement, Channel 4 said Shetty had not voiced any concerns of racial abuse to Big Brother. | In their statement, Channel 4 said Shetty had not voiced any concerns of racial abuse to Big Brother. |
| However, it admitted there had "undoubtedly been a cultural and class clash between her and three of the British females in the house." | However, it admitted there had "undoubtedly been a cultural and class clash between her and three of the British females in the house." |
| "Unambiguous racist behaviour and language is not tolerated under any circumstances in the Big Brother house. Housemates are constantly monitored and Channel 4 would intervene if a clear instance of this arose," it said. | "Unambiguous racist behaviour and language is not tolerated under any circumstances in the Big Brother house. Housemates are constantly monitored and Channel 4 would intervene if a clear instance of this arose," it said. |
| Ofcom said it had received about 19,300 complaints about Celebrity Big Brother - a record for a television broadcast. A further 2,000 have been made directly to Channel 4. | Ofcom said it had received about 19,300 complaints about Celebrity Big Brother - a record for a television broadcast. A further 2,000 have been made directly to Channel 4. |