Without a doubt the script writers of this show are racist with a capital R. Same with Hollyoaks, Coronation Street and a few others.

I partially agree with you about the character Gus. However its not so much that there is such a character, as I'm sure there are plenty of Gus's that exist, its the fact that Eastenders will ONLY ever find roles which are either demeaning, dead-end, Coonish, sellout, Stereotypical etc etc etc.

In fact the Gus scenario brings back memories. I bought my first buy to let property when i was 19 and made the mistake of renting it out to an Irish bwoy who i played football with. Now to say this guy was "as hard as nails" would be an understatement. Still after a few months of renting the place out to him he turned round and blatantly told me he was not going to pay the rent any longer and would move out when he was ready. I was fuming but thought well what can i do, because the truth was i was scared shitless of him, he was a bad bwoy. Anyway me and mate tooled up one night and left to deal with him, but when we reached the house we just both said "Nah" made umpteen excuses and bottled it....lol.

The bottom line was i could have got my people involved, but this Irishman had the psyche over me so much i feared the repercussions. So i just waited until he moved out like a pussy.

So it can happen especially at that age when you've yet to develop a fear of no-one. And there are definitely some bad ass white bwoys out there. Still the good thing is i learned something which has kept me in good stead ever since.

Never EVER rent your property to a tenant who looks harder than you...lol

Gus leaves Eastenders thisweek, and exposes Sean in front of the Slater family.

I suspect this has spilled over from the DS forums. I think there's a reason why Eastenders isn't worth discussing here and the character Gus is prime example...a totally wotless person that's black.

In the old Eastenders days black characters fought back but today's script writers believe black people and in particular men should be newtered like dogs into submissive animal roles.

Sorry Le Moor but if Sean was a real person he would have killed long time ago. No person would tolerate his s*** least of a black man. But you have a character like Gus who likes cleaning streets and jumping when massa tells him to jump - he's an insult. If I were Mohammed George I would have spat in the producers face and told them to f*** the contract.

And to add insult Sean goes and bangs Guss' so called girlfiend in his own flat. To me that's worthy of the death penalty. But not in Eastenders, Guss just runs around to avoid being whupped by massa Sean.

I hear that Guss is leaving with his so-called girlfriend that the scriptwriters havent given the decency of allowing to kiss on screen. Why's that then?

But at least we have black WAG Chelsea but I suspect she'll be dropping it for the next white dude - oh I forgot Sean's been there too.

Eastenders is no more realistic than Dr Who and is probably the stupidest soap opera in tell-lie-vision history.

I had the displeasure of watching those sickening scenes, it's bad enough they portray 'black' man as homos these days, now we're supposed to be straight pussies??? I've never witnessed such blatant racist and dehumanising shit since Goodbye Uncle Tom. "Yeah we'll give Gus a 'black' girlfriend but let's have massa f*ck her first before he damn near bullies him to death'. What a clever way of reenacting the Maafa.

That Gus character was just straight up pathetic and deserved what came to him to be honest and i'm glad he's left - too bad that even when he 'confronted' Sean at his family's house he still managed to go out like a sucker. The only 'black' thing he did was kiss his teeth in the end lol. Shame on that actor whatever his name is, if he had an ounce of self respect he would turned that role down.

Ain't that the truth. Did'nt think that the show was still on the box and that some folks are still watching this shite.

hmm would you feel better if it was the other way round? like if he was the 'badman' bashing everyone around, knocking up the ladies

Eastenders is a bit like that Jeremy kyle show, cant believe people watch it!

i think its silly to claim that a watless blackman depicted on tv doesnt exist in real life. as if there is one kind of black person, or just 4 kinds. there are many 'gus's in reality, many even worse.

still its just as silly for you lot to watch all these lame boring british soaps anyways that you never see anyone like you in it, yet you can probably quote the ending credits correctly. so be like me and not give a shit about british soaps that never represent or reflect the real UK, and make do with

the wire,
csi
prison break
that new programme with taye diggs in it
law and order

and all the other shows that you can find a brother and sister you know.

I disagree - there is no human being like Gus. Most peoples instinct is to fight back either physically or mentally. Gus's reaction (as ordered by the scriptwriters) is to cower in the corner like the good old days of slavery- but even slaves fought back!!

And despite his nice guy image nobody gives a s*** now that he's gone. That should be a lesson to any black actor who thinks they're on the same level as their white counterparts.

Why on earth black people watch Eastenders and crap is beyond me .... that stuff is so depressing !!!