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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valentines day 2007-My little brother comes home from his high school and informs me of a very unPC comment from their head teacher. A group of pupils were asked to make a slide show for valentines day showing love hearts or whatever. The group made this slide show and included pictures of people holding hands and kissing as well as pink hearts and flowers. Apparently it was very well made. However on showing the show to the head teacher she decided it was unacceptable. Why? Because there was a picture of two men holding hands.
On asking why this was unacceptable she replied that the picture "might offend the homo phobics." and had to be removed before the slide show could be shown.
My brother being a bit concerned by the comment inquired "So if there was a picture of an African man in the slide show we'd have to take it off in case we offended the racists?"
Her reply?
"Exactly!"
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 18:43, 1 reply)
So over PC that it's back to being 'unPC'!Incredible, and she's entrusted with the people who'll care for us when we're old...
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 21:51, closed)
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