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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Political correctness not gone madSo I was delivering a presentation to a client - I won't say who they are but they share a name with a high-street bank, a pharmacy and a chip-shop in Pwllheli.
There were about eight of them in the room - two of whom were black. I was offered a cup of tea and when asked how I take it I said "black no sugar thanks".
At this point the two black people in the room turned and looked at me and one of them, a very pleasant lady said in shcoked tones "what?!?!".
In this moment my life passed before my eyes - I thought, I'm going to be marched out of a very important meeting for being a racist - my boss is never going to let me go and meet a high profile client on my own again, and I'll never be able to ride up and down their cool outsidey lifts again.
All this thought happened in the tenth of a second between this lady saying "what?!?!" and then saying "you don't have milk in tea - everyone has milk in tea".
Not a particularly good story but I do always feel comfortable asking for black tea when I go to a client's.
(, Sat 24 Nov 2007, 7:58, 2 replies)
NiceI bet they did in purpose, I would!
(, Sat 24 Nov 2007, 15:24, closed)
teaIn thirty-one years I've never heard a request for black tea or coffee and thought 'oh, they must mean me with my black skin'. Just thought about beverages. Can't speak for every other negro out there but I certainly hope no one is wasting their time getting annoyed about how people prefer hot drinks.
(, Sat 24 Nov 2007, 20:26, closed)
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