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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My Idea for a(n) Utopian FutureI have a plan, and a fine one at that. Y'know how someone up high likes to rant about not enough minority groups and women being employed or going to university? Hows aboot we remove names, genders and racial heritage from all CVs. Then a prospective employer's decision can only be made based on individual academic merit. You can't be racist if you don't know someone's race.
But that's far too simple.
(, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 22:13, 9 replies)
A composer used to recruit people for his orchestra in that exact way.He listened to them play from behind a screen and had them not say a word. He also had them remove their shoes first, in case the sound of high heels betrayed a woman. In this way he ensured he selected only on playing ability.
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Bob Todd whee, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 22:16,
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Better still......do away with names altogether. We shall all have numbers instead.
It being my idea, I shall be number one.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 22:17,
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oddBut if you're number one, that sounds a bit like 'wan', which might offend people with shit broadband.
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sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 22:19,
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Council- 'cuncil' more likeI once applied for job with the council. They were so scared of knowing anything about you.
On the application form there was no space for title, so they didn't know if you were male or female.
No space for date of birth, and no place for you to put the dates you went to school, just in case they worked out how old you were!
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Mrs Entity is in hiding., Tue 27 Nov 2007, 23:30,
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Good plan.I particularly like the idea of being interviewd by someone wearing a blindfold, and giving my answers without speaking...
(, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 9:43, closed)
^You MeanGive your answers using the medium of mime?
I'd do that :)
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 9:45,
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Miming to a man in a blindfoldcould be difficult
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chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 11:15,
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Interesting...How would you mime 'Quantity Surveyor' or 'Training Administrator'?
Entire industries could crumble because nobody could describe them. Sounds good.
(, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 15:17, closed)
I concur.Having recently gone through the college admission process (a year ago now, actually), I had this exact same thought. So simple, so logical, so fair, wouldn't cost anything to implement. I can't comprehend why we don't do it.
(, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 18:48, closed)
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