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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I really shouldn't but.....I grew up in South London in the 70's. This meant that a large number of my mates were black. I should point out that I was not a wiggga and we all spoke the Queen's English (at least until secondary school but that's another story).
One day my best mate Dave and I popped in briefly, to see my Nan, (I was probably after sweets!). As we left my hard-of-hearing Nan turned to my Grandad and asked in a stage whisper 'WHY ARE SO MANY OF GOBBO'S FRIENDS DARKIES?' It wasn't meant in any offensive way, it was just the way her generation referred to our Afro-Caribbean cousins. anyway, Dave played the white man and we had a good laugh about it!
WHAT!?
(, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 12:37, Reply)
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