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Ellie Harrison: Countryfile host says British countryside is ‘racist’ ‘There’s work to do'
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express.co.ukCountryfile’s decision to show a film by host Dwayne Fields who investigated the issue in the summer.The BBC show’s report was informed by research conducted last year from the Government's Environment Department, which showed that some ethnic groups felt the UK’s national parts were a “white environment”.
Ellie revealed the overwhelming response to the film on social media, which included comments from people who had experienced racism in the countryside themselves, took producers a week to look through.The star recalled: “I spooled through the comments which broadly came in three flavours: ‘I’m not racist so there is no racism in the countryside’; ‘I’m black and I’ve never experienced racism in the countryside’; and importantly, ‘I have.
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