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Sir,-Mr. Fairburn’s able plea for a more progressive approach to the radio characterisation of people who have had the misfortune to have been born in countries other than those of our Commonwealth will find many supporters among your readers. That he has been able to make most of us smile broadly while he makes his. point strengthens his case for the moderation with which it is put. Might I add a plea for equal consideration for the members of that large nation which my son has mentioned to me as "Chinks," ‘"Chows," or in the singular, a "Chinee.’"’ Why in radio serials, are these friendly, sane, quiet people always portrayed as cruel, sinister, or just plain idiotic? Of course, I allude to those I know, not to the forces of Communist China, which by all reports must be pretty tough babiés. It’s time we looked a little harder at these radio characterisations.
R.
B.
_(Nelson).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 772, 7 May 1954, Page 5
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