Nadiya Hussain responds to critics

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Nadiya Hussain responds to critics

I can understand her being upset that her shows have been axed, apparently ratings were falling, However, I find it hugely disappointing that she has brought race/religion into it. No one is entitled to a BBC show and I think she has had a bloody good run. AIBU?

What do you mean handed a show on a plate? Do you work for the bbc and have inside information?

A) that’s not remotely the same situation. Her show was axed- she wasn’t complaining about having to work hard and calling others lazy! Two very , very different things.

B) Molly Mae hasn’t acquired fame due to possessing any kind of talent. So, again, not the same.

This would be more akin to a load of people sending - say - Olly Murs messages about how he should be grateful after he received some bad news. I’m guessing that wouldn’t happen.

100 million per cent this. ^ Thanks for having the courage to say it. 👏

I can't see how she was treated unfairly.
Lots of shows get axed by the BBC. She's had a good enough run. Did she think they'd go on forever .

Of course it is! We expect our “celebrities” to be grateful and mindful of the opportunities they’ve had to enable them to become millionaires.

I know. Batshit isn't it? I don't know why she thought she should be an exception to the rules.

You think being fired is the same as still having a job and complaining that you have to work too hard and calling others lazy.

Ok dear .

😂😂😂😂 ok

So Nadiya misinterprets a common attitude held by British people towards celebrities, and the people who a) recognise that it might be because she’s from (in your words) “an immigrant family” are racist as well as the people who think that as she’s British she should be treated the same as other British people.

That’s quite a tightrope you’ve constructed there.

Your analogy man/ woman is a pile of shit because British people of all races, origins and religions are expected to be grateful for their opportunities. We all have the same expectations.

“The likes of” me indeed. Talk about racist micro aggressions.

She wasn’t fired.

No, because you went straight to suggesting she didn’t understand “British culture” just because she’s not white , even though she’s British.

I didn’t. The poster I replied to did.

Yes she was , her show was cancelled.

That’s not being fired. There was no termination of a contract. It was just not renewed.

No she didn’t. She made a completely different point which went completely over your head , to which you replied:

“So the issue is a culture clash rather than racism?
It’s perfectly acceptable in British culture to tell someone, who’s had a cushy ride come to an end, to be just grateful that they had the opportunity.”

The previous poster said it “lands differently” than it would for “white British people”…. Which is a culture clash

Ok she lost her job.

So - You think losing your job is exactly the same as not losing your job and complaining that you have to work too hard and calling others lazy.

👍🏻

Listen, we can all stretch the meanings of words to deny the truth of what someone has said 😄

No that’s not what that means at all. It’s got absolutely nothing to do with “culture” it’s about how coming from a minority ethnic background might affect someone’s experiences- something you’ve clearly spend zero time reflecting on. I wonder why.

So you can say the exact same thing in the exact same context to a white person but not to someone from an “immigrant family” because it “lands differently” but you also can’t recognise that someone from an “immigrant family” might not be fully aware of the cultural context that the thing said has?

Interesting .

someone from an “immigrant family” might not be fully aware of the cultural context that the thing said has?

Sorry, can you please explain to me why you think a British person, who was born and raised in Britain, might not be aware of the “cultural context” in Britain?

Critical thinking skills are thin on the ground around her, huh!? That’s is not a correct summation of what Zebedee said. Also, not that you appear at all interested, but having her show cancelled is not what Nadiya’s gripe is… create your own narrative and whinge away, though…

The same reason that exact phrase “lands differently”, I assume

@Tandora and @Wilfulignoranceabounds

Is it your assertion that British people should never tell a non-white British person to be grateful for their opportunities which have enabled them to become millionaires? Would that be your preferred solution?

But we are still allowed to say it to white- British millionaires?

The phrase “lands differently” was referring to the fact that she is from a minority background. being from a minority background affects a person’s life experiences and how they are treated by others.

Being from a minority background does not affect a person’s ability to understand the culture into which they were born and have lived their whole life.

So we shouldn’t speak to people from “ethnic minorities” in the same way as we would other British people? We shouldn’t tell celebrities from “ethnic minorities” that they should be grateful for their millions even though they completely understand these are basic British values and not racially charged?

Is that right?

What other basic British values should we carefully never mention to “ethnic minorities” even though they’re British and fully aware that they’re not racially charged?