chelsea

[stylinsam]

who is chelsea out of eastenders is it that coloured girl who works in the video shop?

[natalie_1982]

I can't believe you just put 'coloured'!! Even my grandad doesn't say that anymore and he's 76!!

Yes, Chelsea is the girl who works in the video shop (she went out on a date with Grunt)

[stylinsam]

why i wasnt been racist i have cousins who are coloured.

[unruliejulie]

i think you're wrong whatever way you put it Sam!!! coloured is fine by me! What should the correct term be then? anyone?

[stylinsam]

i wasnt been racists unruliejulie i dont no how else to put it.

[loobie]

Sam I dont think that's a racist comment at all hun. it's just an old term. nothing to worry about i shouldn't think. don't fret babe.

[unruliejulie]

Of course its not racist Sam. Thats why i asked what exactly is the correct term to use because i think we tread on eggshells sometimes for fear of saying something offensive when we don't mean to. Just old fashioned i suppose if anything, don't really think it needed picking up on.Don't worry about it. I don't know who she is but like you, i did feel she was faintly familiar.

[unruliejulie]

Her name is Tiana Benjamin and apparently she was in the Harry Potter film,Goblet of fire.I just re-read your question and you only asked who chelsea was in the show, not in real life. Oh well, bit of trivia never hurt anyone!

[smudge]

Wouldn't worry about it too much stylism - I still hear people refer to 'brown/black' people as coloured!

P'raps some of these comments might help: Here

[laurence2]

natalie_1982, Grow up and get a life?

Ps, in your post whos ''Grunt'' then

[stylinsam]

thanks for all your posts cheers laurence

[4getmenot]

natalie-1982 I know you didnt put she was being racist. But how should she have put it? Not being nasty just asking your view aswell?

[smudge]

I really don't think that natalie_1982 was insinuating that you were being racist - I think she was just saying how old fashioned the word 'coloured' was.

I can remember my parents & grandparents saying coloured & if you look & listen at/to old News Reels, they often used the term too.

[smudge]

Another interesting read which might help.

All this 'cos of a girl working in a video shop in Eastenders! ;o}

[4getmenot]

Thats what I thought smudge but I'm just wondering what word her grandad uses now, If coloured is old fashioned? Natalie 1982 did answer the quetion and didnt call you racist so I thought you were a bit harsh Lawrence2.

[stylinsam]

please people dont fall out i was just making sure nobosy THOUGHT i was being racist

[smudge]

Hey, the sun's just come out - besides life's too short! ;o}

[4getmenot]

Yer I know but everybodies hating Natalie now :-(

[stylinsam]

i dont hate natalie 4getmenot i dont hate anyone

[smudge]

Why would anyone hate Natalie? I bet she'll laugh her head off if she got to read these posts!

[Drusilla1S]

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/rec/antirac.html

I think its clear that you were not making racist comments, stylinsam, but to be fair to natalie_1982, she is correct in stating the term 'coloured' is no longer considered an acceptible form of reference because of its unpleasant associations with apartheid in South Africa and segregation in the USA.

'Coloured Only' signs were often placed on park benches, washroom doors and even drinking fountains so that white and black people did not share the same facilities.

The attached site gives details of the terminology used in the UK today for different ethnic groups. Hope it helps.