tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post3738784378826437519..comments2024-03-27T12:54:12.585+00:00Comments on Coronation Street Blog: Coronation Street apologises for 'Kunta Kinte' commentGlenda Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366238040782331941noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-12091654604318998572016-09-05T09:21:43.931+01:002016-09-05T09:21:43.931+01:00What utter tripe! She was using an odd expression ...What utter tripe! She was using an odd expression she'd heard her mother use. My grandmother used some peculiar - often unfathomable - expressions, and if anyone in the family uses them now, we all laugh. It doesn't make the character ignorant or small-minded; she's just too young to understand the cultural reference. It's patently obvious from some of the reactions that she'sCobblestonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01636002429906543635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-54706996102848515742016-09-05T08:21:45.789+01:002016-09-05T08:21:45.789+01:00Political correctness run amok...Political correctness run amok...The.HR.Doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00543006278215252971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-67460156023390021832016-09-04T23:17:18.613+01:002016-09-04T23:17:18.613+01:00For goodness' sake, why does everyone misunder...For goodness' sake, why does everyone misunderstand this. As A Canadian said, it's a pun on Eva's hair roots and Kunta Kinte's family roots, nothing to do with KK's hair! How is this racist? The real problem is that it didn't make sense for Eva to use an expression she didn't understand, and that Audrey, the only person in the salon who may be familiar with the coconno196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-10455885378157576842016-09-04T00:04:47.744+01:002016-09-04T00:04:47.744+01:00The offensive part is not the use of "Kunte K...The offensive part is not the use of "Kunte Kinte" but the fact that the character who said it is such a small-minded idiot that she had no idea what she was actually referencing but chose to use the phrase anyway. Why do so many young people on this show have to be perpetually undereducated and socially retarded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-28867159911825071912016-09-03T20:58:18.007+01:002016-09-03T20:58:18.007+01:00Wow..Kunta Kinte...black roots..I guess that's...Wow..Kunta Kinte...black roots..I guess that's a real big deal. Maybe if she had gray roots she might have said I have more gray roots than Donald Trump..would that have cause such a carry on? I doubt it. Always a double standard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-26163710331234705082016-09-03T20:26:17.850+01:002016-09-03T20:26:17.850+01:00maybe all the writers sit up there in their ivory ...maybe all the writers sit up there in their ivory tower and just come up with these ridiculous storylines and unfortunately some very rude hurtful comments, perhaps this was done on purpose just to see if people noticed?? Hmmm makes you wonder - can anyone say "cheap media coverage"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-14881246766902977652016-09-03T18:40:42.899+01:002016-09-03T18:40:42.899+01:00Soap opera or not,I am glad that the producers apo...Soap opera or not,I am glad that the producers apologised as I thought it was in bad taste for Eva to compare the roots in her hair to Alex Hailey's book which chronicles the hardships of slavery.<br />It's to bad that Audrey who's older and possibly heard of the book ROOTS, didn't correct Eva on comparing a slave to her hair.<br />Sadly it's another example of how Corrie is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-24959951264421611542016-09-03T16:11:41.829+01:002016-09-03T16:11:41.829+01:00To those who do not understand the need for an apo...To those who do not understand the need for an apology, it is because you are suddenly feeling excluded from something you were otherwise enjoying. Recognize that feeling? Now do you get it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-46836061904994378992016-09-03T15:50:35.922+01:002016-09-03T15:50:35.922+01:00Soap opera..get over it!Soap opera..get over it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-37928453129059268282016-09-03T15:28:45.711+01:002016-09-03T15:28:45.711+01:00PC gone mad. It was a play on words "roots&q...PC gone mad. It was a play on words "roots". HAIR roots and the show ROOTS. I think it is absolutely ridiculous that Corrie should apologize to these complaining people who have nothing better to do than look around for things that offend them. <br />I get offended when the English programs portray Irish and Scottish characters are portrayed as bad tempered drunks. Where do I lodgeA Canadiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-58350011330552402222016-09-03T15:28:11.432+01:002016-09-03T15:28:11.432+01:00Thought it was totally unfair of the newspapers to...Thought it was totally unfair of the newspapers to splash Catherine Tyldesley's picture across the pieces about this issue, she is not personally responsible for it.Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-11713685614753268572016-09-03T13:47:29.869+01:002016-09-03T13:47:29.869+01:00Enough has been said about the racism aspect of th...Enough has been said about the racism aspect of this but something else occurred to me. Eva's second line: 'No idea who that is ...' Eva is a ditzy sort of girl so how would she even know that was the name of a person? OK, we can write our own script and say perhaps Stella told her it was some guy but didn't explain who. The dialogue would have made more sense to Eva's Humpty Dumptynoreply@blogger.com