New Posts For Thread: CBBC 'Horrible Histories' branded racist by BBC Trusthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30358671/cbbc-horrible-histories-branded-racist-by-bbc-trustThe show, a comedy aimed at primary school children, showed Nightingale rejecting four applications from Jamaican-born Seacole to join her nursing corps, saying it was only 'for British girls' Seacole replied that her father was born in Scotland. .hApparently, we are.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30358671/cbbc-horrible-histories-branded-racist-by-bbc-trust?post_id=541693271#541693271Apparently, we are.Fri, 03 Oct 2014 07:27:49 -0500Are you all done?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30358671/cbbc-horrible-histories-branded-racist-by-bbc-trust?post_id=541682141#541682141Are you all done?Thu, 02 Oct 2014 10:06:02 -0500Read the article, which was written by a woman. Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell, who were far more famous and did more good, have smaller statues than Mary Seacole, whose figure can be seen from across the Thames.If you read the whole article (https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30358671/cbbc-horrible-histories-branded-racist-by-bbc-trust?post_id=541675573#541675573Read the article, which was written by a woman. Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell, who were far more famous and did more good, have smaller statues than Mary Seacole, whose figure can be seen from across the Thames.If you read the whole article (Wed, 01 Oct 2014 17:19:44 -0500The sketch did not happen, it was inaccurateFlorence Nightingale was the more important figureBut Mary Seacole did a lot of good workThey are both rightly remembered, it seems a pity people have used them in modern racial argumentshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30358671/cbbc-horrible-histories-branded-racist-by-bbc-trust?post_id=541673211#541673211The sketch did not happen, it was inaccurateFlorence Nightingale was the more important figureBut Mary Seacole did a lot of good workThey are both rightly remembered, it seems a pity people have used them in modern racial argumentsWed, 01 Oct 2014 14:57:12 -0500nothttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30358671/cbbc-horrible-histories-branded-racist-by-bbc-trust?post_id=541672545#541672545notWed, 01 Oct 2014 14:22:39 -0500The sketch was supposed to represent racism, as we see it nowhad little to do with the women concernedshould ot have used historical figures like thishttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30358671/cbbc-horrible-histories-branded-racist-by-bbc-trust?post_id=541672535#541672535The sketch was supposed to represent racism, as we see it nowhad little to do with the women concernedshould ot have used historical figures like thisWed, 01 Oct 2014 14:22:15 -0500We make a big mistake with History....when we judge it by our values NOWOne has to have a sense of the values of the time...to judge things accuratelyNobody in the past knows what values society will have in the futureBoth women are rightly rememberehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30358671/cbbc-horrible-histories-branded-racist-by-bbc-trust?post_id=541672505#541672505We make a big mistake with History....when we judge it by our values NOWOne has to have a sense of the values of the time...to judge things accuratelyNobody in the past knows what values society will have in the futureBoth women are rightly remembereWed, 01 Oct 2014 14:19:34 -0500Is there someone at the BBC trust who gets paid to log and publicise extremely tenuous racist/sexist/homophobic comments or scenes from tv, film or radio shows?How sad!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30358671/cbbc-horrible-histories-branded-racist-by-bbc-trust?post_id=541672151#541672151Is there someone at the BBC trust who gets paid to log and publicise extremely tenuous racist/sexist/homophobic comments or scenes from tv, film or radio shows?How sad!Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:56:27 -0500Somebody who actually read it, well done.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30358671/cbbc-horrible-histories-branded-racist-by-bbc-trust?post_id=541671535#541671535Somebody who actually read it, well done.Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:08:34 -0500@naydam -- Florence Nightingale was not even in the country when Mary Seacole was turned down.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30358671/cbbc-horrible-histories-branded-racist-by-bbc-trust?post_id=541671343#541671343@naydam -- Florence Nightingale was not even in the country when Mary Seacole was turned down.Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:54:35 -0500