Another Couple For Bolty

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Altrincham grammar school for girls has banned the use of the word "girl" when referring to its pupils.

The lad's section hasn't done the same with "boys".

 

Meanwhile the army is not about being the best. But it doesn't matter, as when bombs and bullets are flying round your head, there'll be someone to listen to your problems and concerns.

[gonzo]

All this stuff about the little black lad in a monkey jumper is baffling as well.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

All this stuff about the little black lad in a monkey jumper is baffling as well.

Only caught the briefest bit on the radio- what's happened?

[gonzo]

Only caught the briefest bit on the radio- what's happened?

H&M clothing put an advert out with a little black boy wearing a jumper saying the coolest monkey in the jungle on it.

 

Some folk going mad that it's racist. Some folk going mad that it was allowed to go to press.

 

Some folk going mad saying that your racist if you think it's racist.

 

He may actually be the coolest monkey in the jungle.

 

Nobody knows ????????

Edited January 10, 2018 by gonzo

[Tonge moor green jacket]

H&M clothing out and advert out with a little black boy wearing a jumper saying the coolest monkey in the jungle on it.

Some folk going mad that it's racist. Some folk going mad that it was allowed to go to press.

Some folk going mad saying that your racist if you think it's racist.

He may actually be the coolest monkey in the jungle.

Nobody knows

The new Benetton?

[Sweep]

H&M clothing put an advert out with a little black boy wearing a jumper saying the coolest monkey in the jungle on it.

 

Some folk going mad that it's racist. Some folk going mad that it was allowed to go to press.

 

Some folk going mad saying that your racist if you think it's racist.

 

He may actually be the coolest monkey in the jungle.

 

Nobody knows

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/09/hm-apologises-image-black-child-wearing-coolest-monkey-jungle/

 

[Casino]

maybe its an age thing or maybe its cos i is white but its a non issue to me

 

 

sort of thing that could break a company, though

[madthatter]

maybe its an age thing or maybe its cos i is white but its a non issue to me

 

 

sort of thing that could break a company, though

 

Shouldn't though, should it?  

 

Damned if you do, damned if . . . . with this one.  My guess is whoever took the photos (or planned the outfits) made no connection whatsoever.  As is right.

 

I see that image as a positive step i.e. there's nothing to see here . . .  Shame some folk can't get past it.

Edited January 10, 2018 by madthatter

[madthatter]

Altrincham grammar school for girls has banned the use of the word "girl" when referring to its pupils.

 

 

Have they replaced it with flat dicks?

[frank_spencer]

Even as one of the woolliest lefties on here I can't see the outrage around that H&M advert that has even LeBron James on his high horse.

 

Badly thought through and surprised no one spotted the potential for upset. But out and out racist, not for me

[madthatter]

Badly thought through and surprised no one spotted the potential for upset. But out and out racist, not for me

 

But imagine if at the shoot, while his parents are there, some white head says 'He can't wear that!'

 

'And why is that?' says his Dad . . . get out of that one, Rommel  

 

Damned if they did, damned if they didn't.  It's bollocks.

[kent_white]

I think you'd be surprised how many wooly lefties agree with you.

 

I'm all for the fairer redistribution of wealth - but you'd be hard pressed to guess the rest of my opinions based on that one particular fact alone.

[madthatter]

I think you'd be surprised how many wooly lefties agree with you.

 

I'm all for the fairer redistribution of wealth - but you'd be hard pressed to guess the rest of my opinions based on that one particular fact alone.

 

I reckon your pro the pedestrianisation of Norwich city center.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

But imagine if at the shoot, while his parents are there, some white head says 'He can't wear that!'

 

'And why is that?' says his Dad . . . get out of that one, Rommel  

 

Damned if they did, damned if they didn't.  It's bollocks.

Aye. Not badly thought through for me.

If a white kid was wearing it then no problem. They want more BME folk involved with every day life; but its got to be on a selective basis?

 

My lad had a cheeky monkey t shirt when he was little, so why can't a black kid where one?

Its only an issue if you choose it to be so.

[kent_white]

I reckon your pro the pedestrianisation of Norwich city center.

I'm not driving a mini metro, I'm not driving a mini metro, I'm not driving a mini metro.

[C86]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/09/hm-apologises-image-black-child-wearing-coolest-monkey-jungle/

 

 

Another H&m jumper, bastard racists! 

 

http://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0480581023.html

[Whites man]

Liberal guilt, true story; there's a black bloke in the office,one day at home I had some bananas that were going off so I took them in to work. I passed a few round and when the black guy walked passed I asked if he wanted a banana and felt uneasy about it to be honest.

[birch-chorley]

I see the FA will now have to interview someone who is from an ethnic minority for every position

 

Madness

 

They say the % of black coaches is much smaller than the % of black players like it’s a conspiracy. I’d bet you would struggle to find a chairman in the country that wouldn’t interview someone because they are black. They all (or the vast majority) want the best man for the job

 

I’d love to know what % of black players go on to do their coaching badges vs the % of white players that go on to do them, I believe that would give you the answer

[Zico]

Liberal guilt, true story; there's a black bloke in the office,one day at home I had some bananas that were going off so I took them in to work. I passed a few round and when the black guy walked passed I asked if he wanted a banana and felt uneasy about it to be honest.

 

yeah but you didn't have to dangle it in front of his face, whilst you scratched your head with an overly bent arm

 

did you

[mickbrown]

Altrincham grammar school for girls has banned the use of the word "girl" when referring to its pupils.

The lad's section hasn't done the same with "boys".

 

Meanwhile the army is not about being the best. But it doesn't matter, as when bombs and bullets are flying round your head, there'll be someone to listen to your problems and concerns.

 

Pedant alert.

 

Two completely separate schools with chuff all to do with each other apart from being in the same town.

[victor meldrew]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/09/hm-apologises-image-black-child-wearing-coolest-monkey-jungle/

 

how good on a rope swing is he

 

might just be ordinary

[Not in Crawley]

Pedant alert.

 

Two completely separate schools with chuff all to do with each other apart from being in the same town.

Kind of.

 

Kent just made me aware of this little kick off. My eldest is going to an all girl grammar school, there is a boys division; at A Level they are taught together. It’s a non issue just to get people who like to get upset at things that don’t impact on their lives.

 

As a left leaning centrist who is generally against single sex education...ah, my eldest worked hard she gets to choose where she goes!

[Zico]

Seen a tweet (or a screen grab of a tweet), by the kids mother who had no issue with it and said stop crying wolf

 

That should be the end of it

 

Loads of people are upset by it, loads aren't, that's just the way it is

 

Someone at h&m should have seen this coming though, just in the same way most of us would've guffawed or gone "Fuckin ell" and showed it someone else had we just come across it whilst casually browsing the h&m website

[mickbrown]

Kind of.

 

Kent just made me aware of this little kick off. My eldest is going to an all girl grammar school, there is a boys division; at A Level they are taught together. It’s a non issue just to get people who like to get upset at things that don’t impact on their lives.

 

As a left leaning centrist who is generally against single sex education...ah, my eldest worked hard she gets to choose where she goes!

 

No 'kind of' about it.

 

Two entirely separate schools, like Smithills and Thornleigh

[Not in Crawley]

No, they are linked (not the same as my daughter’s school admittedly) but it’s not like two state schools in a town borough. To equate is disingenuous.