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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A true oneI once went for an interview to be a diversity officer for a London council. It was a group interview and mine was the only white face among the applicants. Unfortunately for me, we had to play a 'trust game' in which we all emptied out pockets or handbags to show the others our 'private lives'
There were a few minor embarrassments: tampons, a vibrator, a porno DVD... but the contents of my holdall pretty much scuppered my chances. Inside, I had a KKK hood; one of those old Gollywog dolls with bells on its legs and a "Dance, darky, dance!" t-shirt; a copy of Enid Blyton's "Five Go a Lynchin'"; David Irving's privately published "Mengele: the Glory of Medicine" and framed picture of Enoch Powell.
Now - all of this could be explained. The 'KKK hood' was a present from a dotty old aunt whose poor eyesight and worse stitching skills had grossly mismanaged the job of making me a sailor's hat for a fancy dress party. The Gollywog was part of my research into the history of Robertson's jam advertising from the last century. The Enid Blyton book was a curiosity I'd brought along to demonstrate to the interviewing panel how times have changed, and the Irving book was something I was intending to return to Waterstones after my sister had inadvertently bought the wrong title (I'd asked for John Irving's "The World According to Garp"). The framed picture was actually just a frame - the picture came free with it.
But do you think they believed me? They did not. Political correctness gone mad, I tell you!
(, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 9:16, 2 replies)
obviousit was clearly the t-shirt
(, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 9:25, closed)
Classic.Thanks...
(, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 11:21, closed)
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