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In a striking front page today The Sun tackles Britishness.The effects of 'Celebrity Big Brother' are still rippling out and today The Sun has suspended Page 3 to replace it with a double page spread supporting its striking front page, which tackles what it means to be British to 12 kids from across the ethnic spectrum.

While the splash shows them all holding cards with vile terms of racist abuse they have suffered, inside they tell their stories. It's a great idea and a tabloid newspaper working at its best. It’s the kind of thing you would expect the Daily Mirror to be doing.

 

"They are some of the most offensive and ugly words in the English language. Words like 'nigger', 'spic' and 'raghead'.

"But today The Sun makes no apology for printing them -- or the pictures showing children who are the innocent victims of such repugnant insults.

"The youngsters, whether Muslim, Jewish, Sikh or Christian, have two things in common.

"Like 'Celebrity Big Brother' winner Shilpa Shetty, they have encountered racism in this country. But they are also all BRITISH.

"Shilpa's victimisation by bullies Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara ignited a national debate on how racism, like a monster from the deep, still lingers and lurks in 2007.
Published Jan 30 2007, 09:58 AM by Gordon Macmillan
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