Makosi in Big Brother racism row

Makosi in Big Brother racism row

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By Showbiz Reporter

BRITAIN'S hit reality TV show Big Brother faces the axe after viewers complained about an apparently racist outburst by a housemate aimed at Zimbabwean Makosi Musambasi.

Complaints were made over the way Saskia argued with Makosi on Tuesday, a clip of which was shown on the UK's Channel 4 on Wednesday.

If TV watchdog Ofcom deems the comments to be in breach of the Race Relations Act then the show could be pulled and criminal action could even be taken, The Daily Star reported.

The incident in question came when Saskia told the African nurse: "You lot always have a chip on your shoulder", as well as making derogatory comments about her afro hairstyle, saying: "And you wear a f***ing wig on your head."

Although the 23-year-old later had an apology accepted, the comments have concerned TV officials, according to the Daily Star

"If it's found that we've breached race laws then we'd have no option but to end it early," a Channel 4 source told the newspaper.

The row comes just 24 hours after the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, Trevor Phillips, praised the positive effect shows such as Big Brother have on society.

"So called 'reality TV', has given many British people a chance to encounter people from other ethnic groups they would never meet in their own everyday lives," he said.

"And I don't suppose that the Big Brother house is most people's idea of any kind of reality. But in Kemal the bisexual Muslim; Derek, the world's poshest black man and Makosi the feminist Zimbabwean nurse, we have three people who would confound any possible stereotyping."
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