Is It Racist To Call Snow White?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5135404/university-college-london-apologises-to-anti-racism-campaigners-for-calling-snow-white/

[Jackdaw33]

...especially the line which says, 'Come blow up your horn'. I mean, how sexist is that?

[emmie]

that was for Alba

[ludwig]

This is what they said, and later apologised for after complaints..

“Dreaming of a white campus? Our campuses will be open and operating fully today so please make your way in as planned.
(We can’t guarantee snow but we’ll try!)”

There's nothing remotely wrong with it. They should have simply had the balls to say so, and tell whoever complained to eff off and get a life.

[Mamyalynne]

Baa Baa Black Sheep is still sung, Boy Blue is (in a story sense) still blowing his horn.


'I'm dreaming of a white campus' could be read in a couple of ways - would I personally complain about it? No, just put it down to ineptitude.

[-Talbot-]

Im on the phone so may have missed it ... where in the link does it say


'Just like the ones in the southern USA that students used to know'

?

[anotheoldgit]

jno

Do they have snow in Southern USA?

[Rtaxron]

## I stand guilty as charged - no defence is offered M'lud!! ##

If you are charged Andy, and it goes to court, I hope the Judge isn't Black!

Oops sorry, I typed that word again!

[Togo]

Jamie Oliver has come to the rescue and saved Christmas. He has come up with a recipe for black roast potatoes. Hurraahh, equilibrium restored. :))

[ichkeria]

As Mamya said: it was the ‘dreaming of a white campus’ rather than calling Snow White.
What is almost as ridiculous is auto correct’s refusal to let me write Snow White uncapitalised. Something AOG fell foul of too I’m sure.

[anotheoldgit]

dannyk13 seems to have gone quiet on the subject of capital letters in headlines.

Please feel free to come along with an apology, you know that it is the correct thing to do.

[Mamyalynne]

Too much balsamic in Jamie's black roasties for me Togo.

[ummmm]

The old Ed explained. It WaS To StOp PeOplE posting like that. It was a trendy way of typing a few years back (teenagers mainly)

[cleodog]

Well I think it’s eggist to make poor Humpty Dumpty fall off the wall! Maybe we should call this generation the gender neutral generation?!

[Mamyalynne]

It's a bit mean blaming this generation for Humpty.

http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/origins1-humpty-dumpty-and-the-fall-of-colchester.html

[cleodog]

Well I never knew that mamya! A day without learning is a day wasted? Why did Mary have a little lamb with fleece as white as snow Why couldn’t she have a dog with fur as green as the grinch? And while we are on the subject can I just wish everyone a Bah humbug!?

[Mamyalynne]

As long as it's a black and white striped humbug - Ho ho.

[cleodog]

Why IS the Grinch green? Isn’t that unfair to the colour green? It’s my favourite colour. Think I will go and do some protesting.

[Old_Geezer]

Of course snow isn't white, it is a equal colour reflector. Fits well in this PC generation.