Is Errol not all there?
I think Errol has a screw loose. Especially when he shouts racist abuse about his own race. What are other peoples views on this?
shareI don't recall him shouting things about his own race, but he does express hatred at the Pakistanis when he and Trevor throw the stones through the windows near the end. It could be that he is a racist himself, or that he was trying to impress Trevor being that he seemed to be the only person who regarded as anything other than just a face in the crowd as it were.
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"Buy the ticket, take the ride!" - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
I am certain Errol shouts "YOU BABOONS GET BACK TO THE JUNGLE" while smashing the windows with Trevor.
shareOh yeah. I do recall that now. Well, I have nothing now.
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"Buy the ticket, take the ride!" - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Errol was shouting at the Pakistani/Asian community, not his own race, that was clearly african or afro carribean
share"YOU BABOONS GET BACK TO THE JUNGLE" is not something you would say to the asian community to offend them. It is something you would say to the black community.
shareeasyily led character. didnt roths character call him a baboon earlier so because hes not clever maybe hes just copying
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Yes i know, but it is what he called out as him and Trevor were throwing the bricks throughtthe pakistani peoples houses.........
shareanother reason hes not all there is hes black hanging out with a neo nazi and he ttok an order to *beep* on his books and he did it
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Eroll is portraid as having learning difficulties. i haven't seen it for years but i think he did call the asians baboons
shareAlso if you remember, Errol was making racist remarks at his school, as it said on his report when Trevor read it.
shareYeah i forgot about that, what a mixed up character.
shareprobably the most complex character of the story outside of Trevor.
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fair enough. I meant complicated in a different way, not movie-like way. For instance, if we have a case of a black character pitted with a racist skinhead, said black character will have to portray a tough love type saint who holds all moralintegrity intact, a la american history x, which was totally not the case here. It was unexpected and subversive to have such a weak, pathetic character tag alongside Trevor don't you think?
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Just like sickdog said - the use of "baboons" and "jungle" is not a slur aimed at the Pakistani community in England - it's aimed at the West Indian and African communities ie black people. He therefore is DEFINATELY referring to blacks when he said it - not to Asians.
He certainly has a screw loose
common misunderstanding - skinheads and West Indians were fine with each other, both groups hated the pakistanis though, and this led the media to simplistically declare skinheads as racist.
It was never the case, in the early days at least, as the WI music was important to the skinhead culture, that gave rise to the Rude Boy movement in the 80s.
Shame racism is too complex for the media to understand :-)
"YOU BABOONS GET BACK TO THE JUNGLE" is not something you would say to the asian community to offend them. It is something you would say to the black community.
1) Pakistan does indeed have jungle terrain.
2) Pakistan has primates. Not Baboons, mind you, but there are primates.
So, while Errol's yell was classic British xenophobic foolishness, it wasn't topically off-base.
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