[leigh17]

Josie and andrew were chattin on the sofa's abit ago when Rachel walks into room when josie goes... "Rachel you look really dark!"

Rachel "Do I?..I know I look like I've just stepped of the....'pause'..boat!"

Anyone else pick up on that..

Derogataory comment towards black people I'm not black myself but if i was i would have definatley taken offence to that!

[skkc16]

im black and im not taking any offence....maybe thats because i dont get it

[leigh17]

Originally Posted by skkc16

im black and im not taking any offence....maybe thats because i dont get it

Well i'm also from liverpool as she is so I know the history of the city and its involvement in the slave trade, but the term "off the boaters" comes from there involvement in the slave trade where there ports were used to ship en-slaved africans over to Britan.

Just thought that was abit un 'pc' especially for a show like big brother :/

[skkc16]

Originally Posted by leigh17

Well i'm also from liverpool as she is so I know the history of the city and its involvement in the slave trade, but the term "off the boaters" comes from there involvement in the slave trade where there ports were used to ship en-slaved africans over to Britan.

Just thought that was abit un 'pc' especially for a show like big brother :/

well she was obv joking

[Wildcat!]

Originally Posted by leigh17

Well i'm also from liverpool as she is so I know the history of the city and its involvement in the slave trade, but the term "off the boaters" comes from there involvement in the slave trade where there ports were used to ship en-slaved africans over to Britan.

Just thought that was abit un 'pc' especially for a show like big brother :/

Ermm, youre a liar! Thats not what it means at all. It has nothing to do with slavery, and only with immigration! But since you have 2 posts, I am assuming youre just a troll!

SChool for thought, use Wiki next time!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_off_the_boat

[boomoo]

Originally Posted by leigh17

Well i'm also from liverpool as she is so I know the history of the city and its involvement in the slave trade, but the term "off the boaters" comes from there involvement in the slave trade where there ports were used to ship en-slaved africans over to Britan.

Just thought that was abit un 'pc' especially for a show like big brother :/

I would like you to know that the above is incorrect.
Ships did not bring slaves into Liverpool. Any people of African gene pool were free men in this country.
Ships left Liverpool with goods to trade with arabs in Africa who were running the slavery business. Arabs had previously raided the south coast of England and Eire taking people into slavery and it was part of their heritage.
The Africans were taken in chains to the West Indies in english ships.
The ships then returned to Liverpool carrying sugar and rum.
Slavery was never legal in this country.

Coming off a boat may refer to anyone and in my region it used to be more likely to be referred to someone who had come from Ireland.
Just stepped off a boat refers to someone being naive, that is unfamiliar with the way things work.
In the BB house it might be said about Andrew.

[LadyNay]

Originally Posted by leigh17

Well i'm also from liverpool as she is so I know the history of the city and its involvement in the slave trade, but the term "off the boaters" comes from there involvement in the slave trade where there ports were used to ship en-slaved africans over to Britan.

Just thought that was abit un 'pc' especially for a show like big brother :/

No slaves actually came to Liverpool, ships would take goods from Lpool to Africa, unload the goods, load slaves and take them straight to the US, Carribean and other places.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by LadyNay

No slaves actually came to Liverpool, ships would take goods from Lpool to Africa, unload the goods, load slaves and take them straight to the US, Carribean and other places.

From the middle of the 1700s, Liverpool was the biggest slave port in Europe. Having said that... Jezuz... what a fuss over a throw-away comment.

[brian3]

Youtube video

[LiquidGold]

Originally Posted by leigh17

Josie and andrew were chattin on the sofa's abit ago when Rachel walks into room when josie goes... "Rachel you look really dark!"

Rachel "Do I?..I know I look like I've just stepped of the....'pause'..boat!"

Anyone else pick up on that..

Derogataory comment towards black people I'm not black myself but if i was i would have definatley taken offence to that!

this is your first post? well when was this?? its prob cause josie cowbag is jealous of natural brown skin!

[Thotmas]

Originally Posted by leigh17

Josie and andrew were chattin on the sofa's abit ago when Rachel walks into room when josie goes... "Rachel you look really dark!"

Rachel "Do I?..I know I look like I've just stepped of the....'pause'..boat!"

Anyone else pick up on that..

Derogataory comment towards black people I'm not black myself but if i was i would have definatley taken offence to that!

did she mean boat as in slavery boats like in Amistad or boat as in I jjust got back from Ibiza?

[Wildcat!]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

did she mean boat as in slavery boats like in Amistad or boat as in I jjust got back from Ibiza?

ITs boat, as in back in the days, immigrants would come by boat! Everyone use the joke, Asians, Black people, even europeans in the US!

[Thotmas]

Originally Posted by Wildcat!

ITs boat, as in back in the days, immigrants would come by boat! Everyone use the joke, Asians, Black people, even europeans in the US!

ah....meh not bothered. A percentage of mixed raced people are more in connection with their white side than their black side. Seeing rachel's friends on bblb in her house it seemed like she doesn't have black friends

[NurseRatched]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

did she mean boat as in slavery boats like in Amistad or boat as in I jjust got back from Ibiza?

For anyone who didn't get the bleeped word, Rachael was talking about the so-called banana boat, the term used for the way black people originally got to the UK. Used to be derogatory, now dropped into obscurity. Hence the mystified comments :-)

[InOne]

I am also black and don't take offence.

[Wildcat!]

Originally Posted by InOne

I am also black and don't take offence.

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Wildcat!

Rachel described herself as going out with "knobheads" so guess she is used to that kind of humour.

[Jessica.]

OMG That is actually terrible!

[Wildcat!]

I am black. And its a common joke! But thanks for taking offense for me!

[AtomicKitty]

Originally Posted by leigh17

Josie and andrew were chattin on the sofa's abit ago when Rachel walks into room when josie goes... "Rachel you look really dark!"

Rachel "Do I?..I know I look like I've just stepped of the....'pause'..boat!"

Anyone else pick up on that..

Derogataory comment towards black people I'm not black myself but if i was i would have definatley taken offence to that!

that is not a racist slur sorry....

[MargeryFan]

It has nothing to do with slavery, It's to do with immigration. Believe it or not, it's pretty easy to get a tan outside of the UK.

[ourgus]

Originally Posted by leigh17

Josie and andrew were chattin on the sofa's abit ago when Rachel walks into room when josie goes... "Rachel you look really dark!"

Rachel "Do I?..I know I look like I've just stepped of the....'pause'..boat!"

Anyone else pick up on that..

Derogataory comment towards black people I'm not black myself but if i was i would have definatley taken offence to that!

Narp!!! I saw and heard what happened.



So Josie sez to Rachel " Golly gosh Rach, it looks really dark, me ol' turnip 'ed.

"Yoom telling me" sez Rachel, " Me just stepped in the Banana boat, aint I, cornies alone tomozza baint it??

[Frank E]

Did you register just to make this point?

[daniel-lewis-1985]

chill out.

I actually thought this was pretty funny.

Nice to see someone else has an un-pc sense of humour

[Jords]

I dont get it.....