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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9th November was Diwali!Going back about 6 years at a previous employer I queried why my work colleague Sashant was off work. "It's Diwali, he's got it as holiday".
Further questionning established that as Diwali is a Hindu holiday he was allowed the day off work without taking it out of his holiday allowance. Having successfully argued that he we were allowed Christmas day as our religious festival.
SO, I phoned HR and said I wanted the day off for Diwali. Naturally the response was "but you're not Hindu". My reply, surely to deny me this day off yet grant it to my colleague who is employed in the same job role would be racial discrimination against me?"
I heard muttering (most likely swearing under breath) and was told to just make a note of it and go home.
Yay! Free day off!
Remember, if one person can have it, you can all have it. That's "equal opportunities".
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 17:06, 1 reply)
HullDon't come to Hull, it's shit.
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