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Originally Posted by Yahwe
no.
but then i do not look at the skin colour of my friends so little seems 'out of place' or 'forced' to me
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Funnily enough some people do. Whether it's people campaigning for more ethnic diversity in Eastenders
http://www.guardian.co.uk/race/story/0,,1640970,00.html
or specifically looking for people based on factors other than talent
http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=338662005
this is the first example I could find but football commentator John Barnes (who is black) probably only has the job because of his skin colour. He most certainly did not get it through his skills as a commentator (he has none) or his footballing credentials (he has none).
I'm not sure that this purposeful effort to get more non-white people on tv is a good thing. Sure it's good in the respect that there is more diversity but it seems to be that skin colour is becoming more important than the quality of the person.
But maybe I'm just a paranoid cynic.