Political Correctness Gone Mad
Freddy 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)
Freddy 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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Pennies for Africa
Until about 10 years ago Ireland wasn't the most attractive destination for refugees or migrant workers. Then we got a load of sponds from the EU and things changed a bit. I went to the post office with my granny a while ago and there were a few Nigerian women dressed in lovely colourful outfits with their kids the same.
Gran: "aren't those women gorgeous in their dresses? so colourful"
me: "yeah they are"
gran: "that'll be all those pennies we sent years ago"
length? about 5'8, shrinking slowly
( , Tue 27 Nov 2007, 22:43, 1 reply)
Until about 10 years ago Ireland wasn't the most attractive destination for refugees or migrant workers. Then we got a load of sponds from the EU and things changed a bit. I went to the post office with my granny a while ago and there were a few Nigerian women dressed in lovely colourful outfits with their kids the same.
Gran: "aren't those women gorgeous in their dresses? so colourful"
me: "yeah they are"
gran: "that'll be all those pennies we sent years ago"
length? about 5'8, shrinking slowly
( , Tue 27 Nov 2007, 22:43, 1 reply)
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