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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Teaching...Here's some well known phrases in teaching jargon:
Spoilt brat = Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Rude bastard = Oppositional Defiance Disorder
Plain weird = Autistic Spectum Disorder
Boffin = Gifted & Talented
Thick = Challenged
Violent = Emotional And Behavioural Disorder
Quiet = Socially Anxious
See a theme here?
Yes. If they can't cope being in school, stick a tag on them, let them know their rights, give them loads of support and watch them fuck their lives up and throw it back in your face.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 19:46, 5 replies)
I sincerly hope you are never responsible for the care of any children, or ever left alone with them.The sheer ignorance of your post is breathtaking.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 20:27, closed)
I think you've missed the point here.Seriously.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 22:07, closed)
IgnorantHave you ever actually met anyone with autism in your life? "Plain weird" is a massive misrepresentation. My dad's got Asperger's, and he isn't weird. Just good at maths, and a little insensitive sometimes, pretty stereotypical. Autism isn't weirdness, it's just a difficulty (to a lesser or greater degree) with social interaction and communication.
You might also be interested to know that the criteria for ADHD diagnosis in the UK is pretty bloody tight - you need something like 2 years of symptomatic behaviour and a psychologist's report.
Your post, like many many others on this QOTW, seemed just like some kind of ill-advised attempt to reintroduce "common sense" into schools/workplaces etc. What would you say if your autistic child was labelled as plain weird?
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 1:17, closed)
OK, I think I better explain...I'm not actually disrespecting those disorders. I agree that they are serious and do need tackling.
However, there is a selection of pupils in school who are quite simply tagged with such disorders despite the fact - in many cases - that they're just different/lazy/hard-working.
I have family with Autism and Aspergers - but they're certainly more characteristic of the behaviours and actions you would expect of people with such problems - not some of the students that I see on a regular basis.
So there you go.
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 17:40, closed)
I was in NAGTYwhich is the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth, for the top 5% of Britih school children. They had to change the name and start admitting the top 10% as it wasn't inclusive enough.
(, Sun 25 Nov 2007, 21:34, closed)
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