Uncle Ben
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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.
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Whilst discussing racism on facebook I had cause to refer to the 'uncle ben' stereotype referencing the type of 'yessir boss' character which has become a figure of ridicule.
That same day,I chose to watch 'brush strokes' on drama channel,an old comedy show about a painter who has a slow witted friend called Elmo.
In this episode,Elmo appeared asking if Jacko the painter wanted rice pudding and was carrying 3 boxes of 'uncle ben' rice!
Later the same day 'come dine with me' featured one of the contestants discussing the uk immigrant/racism issue that had been the subject I had been discussing on facebook.
They were eating rice as one of the dishes!
Date submitted:Fri, 09 May 2014 18:22:22 +0000Coincidence ID:7565
