Ol'right Bab?

So, our national sweetheart Cheryl Cole has apparently been axed from US X Factor as the Americans couldn't understand her accent. This got me thinking, if the Americans are persecuting people due to their accents have they really changed that much since the race riots and segregation of the 50s and 60s. I understand this may sound a little exaggerated but think about it, if they had axed her due to her skin colour the world would be in absolute uproar but no one seems particularly bothered that our poor Geordie lass is being told that her way of speaking just doesn't quite cut it across the pond. We have David Hasselhoff on Britians Got Talent, and he sits on the judging panel every week looking bleary eyed and completely bemused by our unique entires, but the British public accept this. So maybe Cheryl just didn't fit into the judging panel, maybe she didn't quite understand the Americans culture just as David seems totally befuddled by ours. But if she was cut because of her accent and her accent alone I think a few people need to analyse their predjudices.