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Is this another case of 'PC gone mad'? If so, what (if any) action should be taken?
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Is this another case of 'PC gone mad'? If so, what (if any) action should be taken?
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As I have suggested previously, the use of these "P" words, "N" words etc, seem to trigger more immediate action being taken, against the offenders, than that what takes place against those who are responsible for the killing of people, due to illegal wars or the use of inferior equipment, due to clipping corners to save a few bob.
Just as the politicians are more concerned about countries abroad, than what is happening in their own country. Fix what is wrong in this country before attending to other country's ills.
The message is "get the priorities right"
Just as the politicians are more concerned about countries abroad, than what is happening in their own country. Fix what is wrong in this country before attending to other country's ills.
The message is "get the priorities right"
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Do you really not understand this Lucy?
The point is that these words have been used abusively and that'at how they get to become so offensive.
I don't know what hair colour you have but lets assume it's chestnut
How many times would you have to be spat on or hit whilst someone chanet and shouted "chestnut" in your face before you found the word offensive?
Not that many I'd reckon.
Now suppose you were with a bunch of other people who'd had the same experience - can you not see how using the word between yourselves has a sense of irony and helps establish a bond between you reminding each of you of the discrimination that you'd come up against?
That's why
The point is that these words have been used abusively and that'at how they get to become so offensive.
I don't know what hair colour you have but lets assume it's chestnut
How many times would you have to be spat on or hit whilst someone chanet and shouted "chestnut" in your face before you found the word offensive?
Not that many I'd reckon.
Now suppose you were with a bunch of other people who'd had the same experience - can you not see how using the word between yourselves has a sense of irony and helps establish a bond between you reminding each of you of the discrimination that you'd come up against?
That's why
Lucy
Jake has summed that up perfectly. White people came up with the word as a form of abuse, and (a minority of) black Americans took it in the 60s and tried to subvert it by using it themselves.
Something else you should be aware of - it is almost NEVER used in the UK. If you listen to kids on the street or albums by Wiley, Dizzee Rascal or Tinchy Stryder, they don't use the word because culturally it's never taken off amongst black people in the UK.
Hope that clarifies everything.
Jake has summed that up perfectly. White people came up with the word as a form of abuse, and (a minority of) black Americans took it in the 60s and tried to subvert it by using it themselves.
Something else you should be aware of - it is almost NEVER used in the UK. If you listen to kids on the street or albums by Wiley, Dizzee Rascal or Tinchy Stryder, they don't use the word because culturally it's never taken off amongst black people in the UK.
Hope that clarifies everything.
Same principle applies to the word 'queer'.
It's one of those things where there's a bit of a grey area and much debate, but there are some rules of thumb you can apply if you want to keep your job. I'd say as a starter, don't go to a meeting and use the N or P words at all, in any context.
Also, avoid referring to disabled gay people as 'poofs with gimpy legs' or calling your overweight boss a fat c**t to his face.
It's a minefield of political correctness out there, but hopefully that helps.
It's one of those things where there's a bit of a grey area and much debate, but there are some rules of thumb you can apply if you want to keep your job. I'd say as a starter, don't go to a meeting and use the N or P words at all, in any context.
Also, avoid referring to disabled gay people as 'poofs with gimpy legs' or calling your overweight boss a fat c**t to his face.
It's a minefield of political correctness out there, but hopefully that helps.
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