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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Racial ClassificationWhen I was a civil servant a form was issued to all staff, asking that we declare our ethnic origins, for the purpose of ensuring that the department had the correct diversity balance. I ticked the 'white' box, as I presume that's what I am. Some time later, for the purposes of paper generation, we were given a sheet that stated our ethnicity, just in case we forgot, I guess.
I amended mine. Instead of 'White' it now said 'Honky'. I did a fairly good job, right font and everything, then stuck it to my desk area, mainly 'cos I think the whole thing is silly & a waste of time.
Within days I was asked to see a manager, who thought that my self-categorisation could cause offence and so should be removed. I did ask how others could be offended as I was obviously referring to myself (my name was on the form) and it was me who had amended the document. No answer was forthcoming and I never did take it down. Never, ever got promoted either, obviously due to my reverse racism, or just plain awkwardness, more likely.
(, Sat 24 Nov 2007, 8:59, 1 reply)
the word 'honky'was, apparently, probably derived from 'hunky', a slur for Hungarians (and Eastern Europeans in general) - because those were the immigrants who tended to do the same jobs as black people. So feel free to get outraged because they're stopping you reclaiming your Eastern European heritage.
(, Sat 24 Nov 2007, 9:30, closed)
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