Rasta Mouse

[Ridgley]

There has been, a lot of discussion on the radio regarding a children?s programme called Rasta Mouse this is about a Rastafarian mouse with a Jamaican accent that sings and solves crimes it is on cbeebies there has been complaints about the programme being racist.

I have spoken to my friends and colleagues who have children in this age group about the programme they do not find this programme racist I feel that is great to see cultural diversity on a children?s programme it is also good to show a Rastafarian even though it is in a form of a mouse in a good light as this does not happen often.

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[Keef]

How the fuck is it racist? I bet it's white people making the complaints. I think it's genius!

[GinaG3]

I have to say I'm still in 2 minds but my daughter loves it. It's not that I think it racist it's the rasta cannabis association that gets me. Although you don't see anything like that in the programme.

[Ridgley]

There has been over a thousand complaints Keef to the BBC that?s is why I wanted to find out how the public really feel about this programme or is this just a knee jerk reaction.

[SeanMacGabhann]

a quick google shows many sources reporting widely different numbers of complaints - but all the sources tend to be the ones that say "I see christmas is banned now" as well

I'm not convinced many people ARE complaining about this. Storm in a teacup. As you were... etc

[louisiana]

The books co-written by a Rastafarian swimming instructor...

[Brendan]

I don't even know if there are different races of mouse.

[HonaloochieB]

I managed to contact reggae star Eek-A-Mouse for a quote on the 'furore'.

"Why da people dem play f*ckery wit' me whiskery bredrin? Me tell you it's politrickal correctness gone mad ina Babylon".

He left advising everyone to buy his LP U-Neek and put the final track 'Let The Children Play' on heavy rotation.

I declare the matter closed.

[Ridgley]

very Good H:))

[jumpinjackflash]

haha! I saw this yesterday. Hilarious!

[KidKruger]

The other Mouse / West Indian connection I know is Maisy - the background music is always ska when you watch the programmes.

Maybe Rasta Mouse is the next logical step.

[Ridgley]

Thanks for all your input, is goes to show we do have some sensible people on the ED forum

[Jah Lush]

PC bollocks innit. Rasta Mouse is a legend. Yah mon!

[*Bob*]

It was originally planned to be IslamMouse.. but I think it got pulled for some reason.

[david_carnell]

Praise be to Allah - he's a big cheese in the Muslim world.

[Jeremy]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> PC bollocks innit.

Actually no... quite the opposite in fact. The vast majority of the complaints (there were only around 100 btw) are complaining that it teaches bad English!

[Ridgley]

Interesting Bob I wonder what the reaction would have been in that case.

[*Bob*]

A world war, followed by nuclear armageddon - when only THE HUNTERS will survive.

[Ridgley]

Did that apply back in the day, when children were watching The Clangers did children go around making noise at each other. You will find children in general do speak to each other in a different way to there parents quite a lot of them nowadays speak street and they can also speak properly it is also down to parents intervention as well.

[Jah Lush]

And Keith Richards, me and the cockroaches.

[Scribe]

Still can't get over being pulled-up on your evasive deflections, can you, *Bob*.

[zeban]

I love Rasta mouse! It's not racist at all.

Re: GinaG3, I don't understand why the Rasta cannabis association gets you. It's part of the Rastafari movement. They use it spiritually, as do the holy men in India.

[Jeremy]

I'm not anti-cannabis at all, but to play devil's advocate... you can't legitimise something by doing in the name of some daft made-up religion. (I'll probably take some flak for that but... whatever)

[Jah Lush]

Jeremy....here's some flak. Ya blood claat.

[Scribe]

Why would you take flak for stating the bleedin' obvious? Rastafarianism is a made-up religion, that's used as an excuse to get stoned all day.