‘Rosie Jones: Am I a R*tard?’: Review by Benjamin Webster

I watched the new Rosie Jones documentary on Channel 4 about disability hate crime and online abuse.

In the programme, Rosie went to Reddit, Twitter and Facebook – to talk to the people working at the top of these social media platforms. It seems that the people at the top did not care.

They were not brave enough to talk to her in person. It seems they were very uncaring and cowardly. It was horrifying and pathetic that nobody was able to make that first step.

Even after this upset her, Rosie continued on and tried to talk to the people who sent out abusive messages towards her online.

At the end, I firmly agreed with her when she said that it is unacceptable to partake in this behaviour and it should be called out on.

A controversial title

The title of the documentary uses the word a majority of people find offensive.

On one hand, it was a disgusting word to use because it is attacking disabled people in both real life and social media. Miss Jones did a good job speaking out against these actions.

But I also think it was a good idea to use the word in the title of the programme, because it gets people’s attention and it could get them to see how awful it can make people feel.

My final thoughts

I like Rosie very much for standing up for people with disabilities. Although she is funny making jokes, she is very brave and courageous to try and sort out this behaviour.

We should remember that everyone is different but we are all people and we all wish to feel loved and accepted.

I wish Rosie Jones good luck for the future and I think that more documentaries should talk about this behaviour.

If there were more documentaries like this one, then I think that this would get more people calling out this behaviour and it might help to stop the huge amount of hate crimes in real life and online.

Rosie Jones: Am I A R*tard is available to stream now on Channel 4 online.

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