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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SurelyUnless they were both wearing the same coloured shorts it would seem a bit weird to comment based on the colour of their skin? To have a different rule as to how you refer to a boxer depending on whether he's fighting someone of the same race or not would be illogical. Also, what about mixed race, hispanic, and asian boxers? Brown v White? Brown v Lighter Shade of Brown?
*doesn't drink, returns to law essay he's been avoiding*
(, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 17:10, Reply)
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