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Big Brother in new racism row |
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By: Agencies |
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2009-07-11 |
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Place: London |
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Another Indian has been allegedly racially abused on Britain's reality TV show Big Brother.
The programme, shown on Channel 4 network, brings together strangers in front of live television cameras, 24 hours of the day, while viewers get to evict inmates one by one before choosing an eventual winner.
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Me Too: In 2007, Shilpa Shetty was a victim of racial abuse by late TV star Jade Goody on Big Brother | Yesterday, Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, received 290 complaints involving Indian student Sree Dasari (25) and British window Marcus Akin (35).
Last week, Akin reportedly mocked Dasari by imitating his Indian accent.
Akin was given a formal warning. Viewers evicted Sree the following day.
A spokesman said, "Big Brother intervened and took appropriate action."
"Threatening language and behaviour is not acceptable in the Big Brother house," he added.
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