Bridgerton actress Adjoa Andoh left her ITV co-stars stunned yesterday when she referred to the Buckingham Palace balcony as being ‘terribly white’ during their live Coronation coverage.
The star, whose father was of Ghanaian origin, was commentating for the network on their programme hosted by Tom Bradby and Julie Etchingham when she said of the event: ‘We have gone from the rich diversity of the Abbey to a terribly white balcony.
‘I am very struck by that.
‘I am also looking at those younger generations and thinking: “What are the nuances that they will inhabit when they grow?”
From now on, I shall make a point of avoiding anything in which she appears. I don’t enable racists. This stupid cow probably thinks that Bridgerton reflects 18th Century English society and the claptrap that Queen Charlotte was black. She wasn’t. Not even close, but the myth persists. In fact, my tolerance levels have fallen to the point where I am avoiding any programme that involves anything more than token black representation. I’m heartily sick of them trying to erase us from our own history and claim it for themselves. They want racism, well, let them have it. In spades.
Me too, I refuse to buy from companies that do not recognise i) over 80% of the UK are White, 2) less than 2% are mixed race families (not including single mums whose ‘baby daddies’ have run off), and less than 1% are LGBT – if they could ever be considered families?
When programmes and adverts pander to such minorities and the morons who encourage them, then they lose my support or custom. As they say; Go Woke, Go Broke.
I haven’t watched BBC TV for years now, and as soon as I find a way of getting other channels (Drama, TPTV etc online, I will cancel my TV license
Cotton Traders’ latest (hard copy) brochure has got the percentage absolutely right – hence the orders of around £200…
Me too.
“We have gone from the rich diversity of the Abbey to a terribly white balcony.”
Yes because one is real and the other one isn’t. Fact and fiction are two different things, this isn’t a difficult concept.
I was affronted that in the film ZULU (outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke’s Drift) there were hardly any white skinned Zulus.
/sarcasm
I decided against watching the Coronation coverage from the BBC, SKY or ITV as I had a sneaking suspicion that their coverage would turn into some sort of woke-fest, and it seems from what LR is saying that for ITV that was indeed the case. Instead I watched the GB News coverage primarily because of Dr David Starkey being part of the commentary team and I think that I made the correct choice as he was a really good addition to the commentary team.
I agree with LR that we should treat race grifters like Adjoa Andoh as the racists that they obviously give the impression of being.
I flicked trough, I like the marching armed forces, the horses, and the music. Didn’t watch the churchie thing, contrived.
But did actually see that black woman, with three white women, make that remark.
Was gobsmacked, but not one of those three white women, called her out.
Anyways if the horror had turned up with the ginger winge, she would have kept her mouth shut, maybe.
And whose fault is it, Meghan could have been the token ethnic on the balcony but she couldn’t take the hard work and graft involved.
Thought it interesting that Meghan wanted to empower women. Now I’m not a fan of Camilla, but they were saying she gets behind charities that empower women. She does it the British way, quietly behind the scenes, not loads of talking but doing nothing. As does the other royal women. So no room for Megan’s brand, she was behind the times.
It would be interesting to redo something like Zulu, using whites playing blacks. Wonder what the audience would say????
Of course it’s white. It should be white. This is Britain; we are white. If you don’t like it then fuck off and stop invading our country.
They come here for a reason; white people can make a civilised and prosperous society; black people have consistently failed to do so.
Absolutely right.
She is not bothered by the lack of Chinese in Bridgerton? Tut, tut.
“They want racism, well, let them have it. In spades.”
You’re not allowed to call them spades any more . . .
Many years ago I worked in a school where the head of one department had taught for many years in East Africa. Over coffee one day he was bemoaning changes there and said, with no hint of irony “you can’t call them monkeys any more, you know”
I see this sort of thing and I always ask myself what it is I’m actually seeing. This woman has very likely received nothing but kindness and encouragement. Maybe somebody did call her a n*gger when she was a kid, but so what? That was an individual, not a society that is demonstrably one of the least racist on earth.
I had a look and it appears she was born in Bristol. Her mother was white, and her dad was from Ghana. Given that she was born in 1963, and my experience of the few black men I’ve known of that vintage, I find it hard to believe that dad was some “malcolm X” type hate monger. If he was brought up in a British colony, can’t really see how he could have been.
So this is something she has learned here, probably quite recently. But did she “learn” it, or did she just see a grift and cynically decided to climb aboard. Given her age, I strongly suspect the latter.
So what does that make her?
Whatever it is, it ain’t gonna end well for her. Good, and to absolute hell with the snide, vicious, arrogant minger.
Is this the black “elite”? Is this the best they can do? And they want to get rid of white people?
Don’t wish for something too much, you might get it!
*Some* people see a passing bandwagon and can’t resist jumping on it. But rather than making them ‘warriors for the cause’ they are merely passengers, often for someone elses scam.
“In SPADES”…………..LMFAO at that. She can Foxtrot Oscar back to Africa if she doesn’t like the UK for what it is, a Northern EUROPEAN country.
I recall going to see the Lion King play some time ago. I suppose that, when asked what it was like, should have said that it was terribly black, with no Mongolians, Chinese, or Eskimos. Perhaps they’ll be included in a production of Nelson Mandela?
I avoid black people. They always play the race card. I am fine with Indians, Chinese etc, everyone except blacks.
Yep, pretty much. Never say never with me, but I do set the bar rather high.
Did she complain to Emperor Naruhito that his coronation was too Asian?