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DEEP JOY IN THE SOUTH
>> THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012
So, while we are awaiting the fix on our server, here's a post from Alan... http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01fjt06 Midweek 27 minutes in. An amusing glimpse into the mindset of a white middle class BBC penitent, guilt ridden about Empire, colonialism and all that.....Libby Purvis competes to see how often she can mention slavery or black in combination with 'Deep South' and all in a voice indicating shock and her vicarious guilt....'Deep South' being a euphemism for all whites are racist. Sir Trevor McDonald is on to talk of his film about the Mississippi and talk gets on to Memphis and the murder of Martin Luther King. Purvis quotes MLK saying 'I may not reach 40...they'll get me.' Purvis adds 'He was in the Deep South'.....code for 'all whites in the Deep South are racist and intent on lynching all Black people.' Sir Trev went on to describe how Memphis was helped on the road to recovery after riots on MLK's death by Fed Ex bringing its business to the city. Purvis demurs that she had seen a mass of workers there herself but 'whom I have to say were nearly all black and quite low paid'...adding the killer punch...'so we're still there really'. Still 'There'...where exactly? Oh she means racist America naturally. However Sir Trevor quickly intervenes to put her right saying 'I think Fed Ex are doing a good job there with their staff.' Purviss has an embarrassed little choke.....'Yes Huh hmmmm' Deep Joy. Earlier in the day we had the spritely John Humphrys bringing us the latest from Liberia....which the BBC will be covering for the next year...unlike the Congo which they pretty much ignored in favour of Israel...despite over 5 million people dying in the wars there over 10 years. Humphrys again demonstrates the BBC employees ingrained cultural cringe whenever they have to make comparison between a western economy or culture and a country like Liberia....'it's a mismatched country and it just needs somebody to get it by the scruff of the neck and shake it, but that's a European attitude.' He tells us of the poverty and lack of amenities like electricity and water and sanitation....sewage polluting everything....but recoils at the thought that the solution might be some organisation and energy directed at improving things.....we can't impose a European mindset on these people. Really? What exactly is a European mindset? I would bet my bottom dollar that they would love to have an electric grid system or piped water and a sewage system and a transport system that works in all weathers. Hardly a European aspiration. Just how do the Japanese cope? The Japanese industrialised and prospered because a Scottish engineer went there and put there economy on the right track. I don't hear them complaining it's all a European Imperial plot to colonise them by subterfuge and ideas. Of course Humphrys and co would all be up in arms about a MacDonalds or Tescos moving into Primrose Hill. At least they're consistent in depriving the poor of their pleasures and life improving amenities. and finally.... At the coal face. The Independent reveals that all those media talking heads telling us that we must have a fairer society and social mobility have been caught out...the reality is somewhat different for them..... 'The British film and television production industry is dominated by the middle-classes who “hoard” opportunities and benefit from family ties, new research has found. A survey of professionals in the industry has found that working-class people are discriminated against because they do not have the “right accents, hairstyles, clothes or backgrounds.”' http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/film-and-television-industry-discriminates-against-women-ethnic-minorities-and-the-working-class-7630929.html |
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