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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Love this form...though never the situations in which it's used:-
In NO particular order.....
MAJOR CATEGORIES SUB – GROUPS CODE
WHITE
A. White – British W1
B. White – Irish W2
C. Any Other White Background W3
MIXED
D. White and Black Caribbean M1
E. White and Black African M2
F. White and Asian M3
G. Any Other Mixed Background M9
ASIAN OR ASIAN BRITISH
H. Asian - Indian A1
I. Asian - Pakistan A2
J. Asian – Bangladeshi A3
K. Any other Asian Background A9
BLACK OR BLACK BRITISH
L. Black – Caribbean B1
M. Black – African B2
N. Any other Black Background B9
CHINESE OR OTHER
ETHNIC GROUP
O. Chinese O1
P. Any Other Ethnic Group O2
NOT STATED NS
From www.southyorks.gov.uk/embedded_object.asp?docid=3063&doclib - Restricted, apparently
I'm an M3, or "Paki"* in normal speak, though I've been called everything from chinky to wop. I sometimes say Other and Inuit for comedy/annoying effect, and this is without bringing my Iranian or Irish family links into the picture.
*I don't mind the word as a term of description, and it's pathetic used as a term of abuse - I'm proud of both sides of my heritage, and my swarthy good looks! I'm fed up of hearing people say six foot, male, dark, curly hair, dark complexion, big..hands... What if we couldn't say ginger or cabbage to describe people or vegetables - call a spade a spade I say - It's not the word, it's the intention behind it.
Most pointless bit of paper ever - not even absorbent..bah!
(, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 15:52, Reply)
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