Alesha Dixon : Sweet Like Chocolate

Viewers of Britain's Got Talent are calling for Alesha Dixon to be fired from her position as a judge because she described an act in the semi-finals of the ITV competition reality show as "chocolate men."

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The definition of racism is a belief that race is the primary determination of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.

If you think Alesha Dixon's comment was an act of racism, my condolences. Actual acts of racism must horrify you and your woefully ill-informed sensibilities to near death levels. At a stretch, Dixon's comment was objectification. And that's it. This attempt by ignorant loudmouths to usurp Alesha Dixon is not only ludicrous, it is dangerous because it delegitimises the meaning of the word. The real racism lies in Alesha Dixon's inability to say "black men."

When black people and non black people of colour use the word racism, we are talking about the both explicit and implicit acts (political, social and financial) that hinder us from living lives of equality that our white counterparts enjoy. What Alesha Dixon said wasn't an effort to disenfranchise another race, she was congratulating and recognising the talents of 4 supremely gifted black men- a race she is a part of. These twitter users are faux offended because this situation has highlighted once again that there are words and phrases black people can freely use amongst one another that white people cannot .

This Alesha Dixon saga mirrors the above exchange at the White House Correspondent's Dinner between Larry Wilmore and President Obama. The dialogues taking place both between Alesha Dixon and Vox Futora, and Wilmore and The President are only offensive to the white people complaining because they are unable to join in. These are discourses they are not permitted to be a part of.