Doreen Lawrence To Become A Life Peer

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23519563

If anybody deserves this its Doreen.

[sp1814]

mikey4444

Errr...I think the second part of your post (the McCanns) is directed to Sqad, right?

Also, I'll be honest with you, the word 'coloured' sounds old-fashioned to me, rather than insulting. I find it kinda quaint...like the word 'courting' (which to my ears, sounds way better than 'shagging').

[Baldric]

///seem to imply that he didn't think Doreen should be referred to as black.///

Not quite true mikey, usually the use of the word Black on AB incites some people to the point that they emit pompous outbursts, I was only being considerate of their Blood pressure.

[mikey4444]

You are right, SP1814...I mixed you up with the AB Medical Correspondent...please accept my apologies !

[douglas9401]

Oh dear, my toes are curling.

[mikey4444]

If I have offended you baldric, than I must say that was not intention. But the phrase "coloured" sprung out of the screen at me earlier today. I have no wish to fall out with you over this issue, as there are far better candidates here on AB for that purpose !

So, sorry for any offence that I might have caused.

I can't speak for all black people or any black people come to that, as I am deathly white, apart from my forearms. But I am fairly sure that Doreen Lawrence would much prefer to be called a black person rather than the use of some euphemism like coloured.

My father came over to London before WW2, from Ireland to look for work and I remember him telling me when I was a boy in the 1960's, of the boarding houses that had signs up saying ::

"No blacks, no dogs and no Irish" He always said that if he were black or canine, he might just have stood a chance of a room for the night but Irish was the clincher.

Language sometimes takes time to change. My neighbours here in my old mining village in South Wales still use phrases like " I'm just going down to the P***s for a pint of milk" despite the corner shop in question being owned by a Hindu family from Bombay, via Uganda ! Those neighbours seem not to understand how that offends a Hindu family. By the way, the kids of the Hindu's are tri-lingual, speaking their own language, English and now, also Welsh.

Not sure if my word above (P***s) is allowed !

[Sqad]

mikey..

\\\\ Sorry as I am about Mr and Mrs Mc Cann, I can't see that they qualify in the same way\\\

Working with and supporting both financially and bodily a charity which gives financial support to families who have had missing children.

[mikey4444]

I wasn't aware of that Sqad, so thank you. Perhaps the Mc Canns can form an orderly queue for the Lords Membership contest, behind every other deserving person in Britain. Might be a very long queue, although its often said that us Brits are good at queueing.

[Sqad]

mikey..LOL

[sp1814]

Sqad

On the face of it, I can see an argument to suggest that the McCanns' work for the Missing People charity deserves to be recognised...

But I think there are many (and this isn't my opinion) who still view them as culpable, in their daughter's abduction - because they left her alone on the night she was taken.

They have that slight whiff of controversy about them...

[Baldric]

No offence taken at all, mikey.

[mikey4444]

Thanks Baldric ( remembered the capital B this time ! )

[Sqad]

sp...maybe.......maybe.

[Brinjal]

Here in Zimbabwe coloured is a racial classification and is on birth certificates and other documents. It refers to mixed race people Not necessarily someone who is a one off with mixed parentage but a community with their own ways and traditions and colorful language

[Baldric]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2383156/Why-focus-people-colour-Doreen-Lawrence-criticises-139-arrests-latest-illegal-immigration-crackdown.html

[Baldric]

Given the Headline in the Link provided above ^^^^^^^^

///Why would you focus on people of colour?' Doreen Lawrence criticises 139 arrests in latest illegal immigration crackdown///

Would the good folks who had a pop at me for using the word 'coloured' a couple of days ago in relation to this Lady, now like to remount their high-horses and 'have a pop' at Doreen Lawrence as well?