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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Natural Justice.....First post - woot!
Ahem...
Mum and I had gone to Europe to sort out some Family matters in Croatia (apologies to the England fans!). On the way home we stopped in the UK for a week or so. We were at the front of the queue, lined up for a checkout in M&S in Oxford St. A young Afro-Carribean chap was the only one serving. Suddenly a young A-C woman stood in front of us and he took her next.
Mum and I looked at each other - this wasn't fair, but to say anything would make us look like colonial oppressors. The PC fear had made us hold our tongues.
Then we heard this voice behind us say "I SAY, LOOK HERE YOUNG MAN."
It was an elderly A-C gentleman. He then proceeded to berate the young dude for his rudeness, and then berate the lady for her rudeness! He demanded that Mum and I be served first.
The young dude's head did a turtle into his shirt, told the woman to go to the back of the queue. He apologised and served us.
We thanked the gentleman, who smiled and said "They can't be allowed to get away with it!"
Length? We were travelling for 5 weeks.
(, Sat 24 Nov 2007, 17:13, 1 reply)
Exactly!In this sort of situation, race has nothing to do with it.
If someone's being a dick then they're a dick - and deserve to be called one.
(, Sat 24 Nov 2007, 19:07, closed)
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