23-04-2021, 07:58 AM
AlexJac0788 post_id=8575 time=1619141472 user_id=1574 Wrote:To put it into perspective the Main Hosts team will look like this:
Richard Madeley - White
Susanna Reid - White
Ben Shephard - White
Kate Garraway - White.
Not a single BAME person will be on the main presenting team.
Given that the UK is 86% white (according to GOV.uk), statistically its not completely out of the question that all 4 main presenters could be white. GMB has an extended team that includes a number of black presenters, and that extended team features heavily in the two presenting seats every week. Its very rare now that its only the main 4 featuring across the week.
Yes its important to have a diverse team of on-air talent, and ITV seems to have got a lot better at that, but lets not use ethnicity as the main criteria for recruitment - in my view, doing so is quite patronising.