Big Fat Gyspy Wedding Ads Are Racist

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Apparently this ad is putting people’s panties in a bunch:

Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings has been accused of causing racism. The hit documentary series, which follows gipsy couples as they prepare to get married, has led to a row after an advertising campaign for the second series used the words “Bigger. Fatter. Gypsier.” emblazoned across the image of gipsy girls.

The London Travellers Unit and two members of the London Assembly wrote to Channel 4 and lodged complaints with the Advertising Standards Authority over the use of the word “gypsier”, likening it to other terms more widely accepted as racist and abusive.

“We wonder if Channel 4 would have been so ready to use adverts with similarly compromising phrases for other ethnic groups: ‘Jewisher’ or ‘more Asian’ or ‘Blacker’,” the unit said in a letter to Channel 4 executives. It also complained about the tone of the series, which has become synonymous with extraordinary frothy dresses and sexually innocent teenagers dressing in provocative outfits.

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