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 remembered anotherUniversity, fresher's week. I was sat in the canteen with three new friends from my course. Sarah was approached by a "ethnically" garbled, sandalwood smelling type inviting her to come to a gathering. It was obvious from the tone of the invitation that she had been singled out as a recipient for a welcome due to being black. She didn't take too well to this.
"Eer, alright, can I bring my mates?"
"I'm afraid it's a reception to welcome minority students, and there are very limited places..."
"Minority? *Gesturing* She's a Jew, she's a lesbian, and that one's a lesbian Jew! They need the help more than me."
A mind boggled silence fell over the table as we watched the well meaning home counties socialist worker comb her way through the black kids in the canteen inviting them to her gathering.
Sarah insisted she was just trying to score weed.
(, Sun 25 Nov 2007, 2:47, Reply)
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