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Was This Elderly Lady Being Racist?
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Perhaps not quite the correct term to use in this day of Political Correctness, but was it serious enough for Sainsburys to ban her?
/// Using the term ‘coloured’ to refer to black people is considered to be offensive because it dismisses everyone who is not white as the same. ///
Perhaps not quite the correct term to use in this day of Political Correctness, but was it serious enough for Sainsburys to ban her?
/// Using the term ‘coloured’ to refer to black people is considered to be offensive because it dismisses everyone who is not white as the same. ///
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If the lady's version is to be believed, then she was not being racist.
However, Sainsbury's tell a different story.
As has been advised, major business chains hate bad publicity, and will always apologise if they are in the wrong.
The fact that in this instance they are sticking to their guns - with the potential attendant press spin (old lady starved by callous retail monster!) suggests that there is far more to this than meets the eye.
We shall have to follow this one - no doubt it has some legs yet.
However, Sainsbury's tell a different story.
As has been advised, major business chains hate bad publicity, and will always apologise if they are in the wrong.
The fact that in this instance they are sticking to their guns - with the potential attendant press spin (old lady starved by callous retail monster!) suggests that there is far more to this than meets the eye.
We shall have to follow this one - no doubt it has some legs yet.
dunnitall, how are you defining PC ? It is a manifestation of foolish hypersensitivity, a perception that someone could be offended whether or not the supposed victims ever would, themselves, be. If you define it as objecting to something which offends many , but which you don't think of as something you wouldn't do or say, because you approve of it, that's another matter.
Baz: "Jews" and "Indians" are correct nouns -- but actually I would object to "Whites" too. So it's not some sort of guilt trip or power-hungry thing. I don't need to work for Sainsbury's to have the right to ask (not tell) people not to say offensive things, to me or to anyone else.
Why is it such a problem to be asked not to use offensive language anyway? Does it make you feel, perhaps, "powerful" to say whatever rude things you like?
Why is it such a problem to be asked not to use offensive language anyway? Does it make you feel, perhaps, "powerful" to say whatever rude things you like?
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