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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I did shootlast year for a Asylum/Refugee group "Xmas party". I say Xmas , but as it was about that time, it was a non denomonitatinonal thing. Anyway, I did the usual thing of asking if anyone doesn't want a pic, please tell me, and I'll make sure i sure don't shoot you. All standard stuff. A group of Somalian women didn't want theirs taken - about 40 of them, and this was in a crowd of about 300 peeps. Fucking nightmare, what could I do? I compromised my ideals, and shot them anyway, but tried photoshopperying then out of it. Bloody impossible, so theyr'e on some website/brochure whatever. Fuck it. Sorry to upset religious peeps, but it'ds all a bunch of wank.
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 9:14, 2 replies)
Why be sorry? It's due to their beliefs that they might get upset, not you doing your job.
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 11:19, closed)
I disagree.Did you never think that it might have been fear of being identified and located by people from back home who might intend them harm, rather than religious beliefs, that meant they didn't want to be photographed? They ARE asylum seekers, after all. Idiot!
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 14:00, closed)
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