How come there isn't a thread for this ?

Is it because they've revealed their true colours, excuse the deliberate pun.

Folk were warned re their true intentions, but as always called racist by the naive.

We used to call black people coloured, but it never really made sense as white people are coloured also, just a different colour.

That was my understanding of why the term died out.

53 minutes ago, royal white said:

Thought it was 👍 it wasn’t long back when there were 2 x black women on (I think) question time arguing with each other on what they can and can’t be called, if they couldn’t agree them Us honkeys are fucked! 

I’ve said it before take colour out of referring to anyone and the better off we’ll all be

41 minutes ago, kent_white said:

They'll be changing the name of Uncle Ben's rice next at this rate! 😁

 

He's already been cancelled

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54269358

 

4 minutes ago, Rudy said:

I’ve said it before take colour out of referring to anyone and the better off we’ll all be

I like the sound of that.  I think I've pointed out a problem previously in describing offenders, a  description has got to be given.

Just now, Alf Hartigan said:

I like the sound of that.  I think I've pointed out a problem previously in describing offenders, a  description has got to be given.

I mean I get it over the police Radio, you can’t just say “be on the lookout for a Human in cowboy boots seen stalking a Russian woman in the park” 

But news headlines 

Black Man killed by white police officer

It promotes racial tension 

Robbery Suspect killed by police officer, and in other news man from Leicester grows worlds largest marrow.

 It’s a bad crime, but it’s not a racial story. 

Someone at work once asked me if I like to be called black or mixed race or coloured, I said I prefer to be called my name, I wasn’t being arsey I was just saying you don’t need to be concerned what to refer to me as other than my name because it doesn’t matter 

15 minutes ago, Rudy said:

I’ve said it before take colour out of referring to anyone and the better off we’ll all be

👏🏻👏🏻 Like a young Morgan Freeman😉

Just now, royal white said:

👏🏻👏🏻 Like a young Morgan Freeman😉

Already getting the grey hair mate 

3 minutes ago, Rudy said:

I mean I get it over the police Radio, you can’t just say “be on the lookout for a Human in cowboy boots seen stalking a Russian woman in the park” 

But news headlines 

Black Man killed by white police officer

It promotes racial tension 

Robbery Suspect killed by police officer, and in other news man from Leicester grows worlds largest marrow.

 It’s a bad crime, but it’s not a racial story. 

Someone at work once asked me if I like to be called black or mixed race or coloured, I said I prefer to be called my name, I wasn’t being arsey I was just saying you don’t need to be concerned what to refer to me as other than my name because it doesn’t matter 

That would never happen 🤣

1 hour ago, Mr Grey said:

I got pulled up today for saying someone looked 'Oriental' 🤷‍♂️

I got pulled last year when I was down in the office. I referred to someone as “the oriental bloke who sits opposite our business information manager”

Apparently the term “oriental” can only refer to an inanimate object such as food, furniture, etc according to our HR dept

You genuinely try your best not to be be offensive. Every day is a school day these days.....

3 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Chicken Oriental innit 😁

Aye 😀 

Part of the problem regarding the "coloured" terminology is that over the years, we have been constantly told to use one phrase and then another etc.

I wouldn't have thought "coloured" was derogatory, but then again I'm not of colour.

 

Got a few emails about Black Friday offers coming soon, surprised this hasn’t been jumped all over

To be fair, the term coloured has been seen as derogatory for a long, long while. The issue being its a term used to lump every type of 'otherness' together, aside from being white. Its a type of non-differencial homogeny and that can lead to stereotyping. So, yes its not something a chairperson of the FA can say to a select committee, especially given the work the FA is doing to tackle the issues in lack of diversity. Couple this with saying Asian people prefer IT, which you'd call profiling, that the inability of a gay footballer to be out of the closet a lifestyle choice and then the cherry on outdated musings, that girls don't like to be hit by footballs for fucks sake! Its the perfect P45 package.

None of these things should need taking apart or pointing out where the issues with them are, and especially if you head up an institution like the FA. Incredible really.

9 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Got a few emails about Black Friday offers coming soon, surprised this hasn’t been jumped all over

*sighs*

17 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Got a few emails about Black Friday offers coming soon, surprised this hasn’t been jumped all over

I got one that said coloured Friday 

42 minutes ago, Rudy said:

I got one that said coloured Friday 

I’m looking forward to an off white Xmas 

8 hours ago, MancWanderer said:

I got pulled last year when I was down in the office. I referred to someone as “the oriental bloke who sits opposite our business information manager”

Apparently the term “oriental” can only refer to an inanimate object such as food, furniture, etc according to our HR dept

You genuinely try your best not to be be offensive. Every day is a school day these days.....

You occidental bastard!

It's a fucking mad world. Thanks the PC wankers who made it all possible.

It's something I'd expect a old person to use to describe someone tbh. Sounded like he was going for the full house with the rest of the stuff he was saying. It was hardly going to go unnoticed as the chairman of the FA on a live stream to parliament :lol:. Slightly disappointed he made no mention of the stumps and spastics.

 

8 hours ago, Rudy said:

Someone at work once asked me if I like to be called black or mixed race or coloured, I said I prefer to be called my name, I wasn’t being arsey I was just saying you don’t need to be concerned what to refer to me as other than my name because it doesn’t matter 

Seems perfectly reasonable. That was kind of my point in the Kamala Harris thread, the media often seem to refer to her as “mixed race” or “non white” what does it matter what race or colour she is? She’s a person.

Coloured guy - unacceptable 

Person of colour - acceptable 

Strange that.

 

Further to the word Oriental being acceptable or not, is the word Asian acceptable when used to describe a person from, particularly, the Indian sub-continent? I often use the term Asian to save face when failing to identify a person as Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Goan, etc. So it’s used specifically so I don’t label someone with wrong geographical area.  Asia as a continent covers 30% of the land mass on Earth. 

Edited November 11, 20205 yr by MickyD
Fat thumbs

Winter Festival

Karen wins again.

 

1 hour ago, deane koontz said:

It's something I'd expect a old person to use to describe someone tbh. Sounded like he was going for the full house with the rest of the stuff he was saying. It was hardly going to go unnoticed as the chairman of the FA on a live stream to parliament ::lol::. Slightly disappointed he made no mention of the stumps and spastics.

 

I don’t think they employ spazzes or flids at the fa that’s  why mate 

3 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

I don’t think they employ spazzes or flids at the fa that’s  why mate 

Not even funny tinged ones? 😟

1 hour ago, deane koontz said:

It's something I'd expect a old person to use to describe someone tbh. Sounded like he was going for the full house with the rest of the stuff he was saying. It was hardly going to go unnoticed as the chairman of the FA on a live stream to parliament ::lol::. Slightly disappointed he made no mention of the stumps and spastics.

 

Aye, didn't realise he really went to town, puts things into perspective now.