Political Correctness Gone MadFreddy Woo writes: "I once worked on an animation to help highlight the issues homeless people face in winter. The client was happy with the work, then a note came back that the ethnic mix of the characters were wrong. These were cartoon characters. They weren't meant to be ethnically anything, but we were forced to make one of them brown, at the cost of about 10k to the charity. This is how your donations are spent. Wisely as you can see."
How has PC affected you? (Please add your own tales - not five-year-old news stories cut-and-pasted from other websites)
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 10:20)
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Is it just me, or has the whole world gone mad?Political correctness is not solving anything. At best, it is a sop to those with massive egos who think that referring to blacks as "previously disadvantaged individuals" will assuage fifty years of sadistic discrimination. At worst, it is condescending bullshit that serves only to further discriminate those being labelled.
I mean, equality is a very good thing. Especially in this country, everyone deserves a chance to make good irrespective of skin colour, sexual orientation or religious affiliation. That's all good. My problem is that work, study and economic support are being denied those in need so that those who can fiddle the system and play the race card can sponge off it.
By the way, I didn't get into university because the quota does not allow for "Jewish Caucasio-Africans" (quoted from a University of Cape Town letter) to be admitted to the law school as no more places are available. Being a normal person (not a member of the alleged elitist rich white fraternity that allegedly pulls the strings) I cannot afford to study overseas.
Oh well. Apologies for rant and lack of humour, I'm not having a very good day.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 15:13, Reply)
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