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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SinterklaasReal story: "Sinterklaas" is a traditional festivity in the Netherlands (and Belgium), which can be described in short as: An old, white guy with a long white beard, called Sinterklaas, and a black assistant, called black Piet. They come to the Netherlands / Belgium each year on 5 December, and give presents to children.
For the whole tradition and the history, please use google or wikipedia (search for "Sinterklaas"). The black Piets are black, because they climb down the chimney to put presents in children's shoes.
I work for an American company, with offices all around the globe, including the Netherlands. Each year, Sinterklaas and his black Piets used to visit our site, and employees could take their children to work, where Sinterklaas and the black Piets give presents and candy.
However, this year, one of the American clowns has decided that the black Piets where not allowed on our Dutch location, as this could result in "discrimination actions in the US".
It would not be politically correct to continue an innocent Dutch tradition, because of possible legal actions in the US.
Lenght? His beard is about 75 centimeters long, at least.
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 10:36, 1 reply)
lovely, lovely SinterklaasI love Sinterklaas. I've two Dutch ex-boyfriends and have inherited from them the fine art of boobytrapping presents in a messy and amusing manner and scoffing huge quantities of speculaas. Unfortunately they retained their national identity in the ensuing break-ups and I had to go back to drinking crappy Guinness on St. Patrick's Day as a form of patriotic celebration.
You have just inspired me to dig out my speculaas spice and make biscuits.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 16:16,
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