Black Coffee

[JillP]

Why is it now considered, by the thought police, that asking for black coffee in a restaurant is a racist remark? To what race does black coffee belong? Would asking for white coffee also be considered racist? If anyone can help, I would really appreciate this. I would hate to offend a cup of coffee on my next trip to England.

[B00]

I take it you're not from the UK?

As far as I know you wont get your lunch sneezed on by the waitress if you ask for a black coffee anywhere here.

[jno]

B00, I have been a member of the thought police (weekends only) for 30 years and I can assure you that ordering black coffee is a hate crime. Ask for afro-pride coffee with pigment-free milk if you want to stay out of trouble.

[naz_nomad]

If I went to B&Q and asked for black paint, is that also wrong?

''Excuse me Saturday boy, do you have any paint that doesn't reflect colours of the visible spectrum'' ... imagine the dumbass look I'd get from the spotty youth then.

[RATTER15]

As I drink black coffee and drink it nearly everyday in various cafe's and restaurants I think if it was a problem, I would know by now, and if it ever becomes a problem, they will have to live with it, black coffee has always been black coffee and always will be.

[RATTER15]

And what happened to the golliwog on my jam!!!

[bernardo]

By whom has "asking for black coffee" ever been considered to be unacceptable or offensive? Have you, or anybody you know, ever experienced anybody suggesting such a thing? Has any retailing establishment ever reprimanded or criticised any customer for making any such request? Do you have any evidence that such things have ever done? Can you provide any concrete example of a spcific named restaurant doing so? Tell us the name, location and date, and then we can start to investigate.

[JillP]

Actually, I live in Canada. I read about the black coffee phenomenon on a U.K. anti-political correctness website. Same as I read about ratter15's golliwog being banished.

[JillP]

The website is:- www.capc.co.uk Go on there and see what is happening in Jolly Old England.

[Rock'n'Roll]

A cup of coffee is hardly a race? Now if the customer had said a cup of coffee black,and the server was black,then maybe a point. Still,I only drink white coffee so i'll be okay.
I have yet to come across any such thing,and very much doubt if I ever will

[dzug]

Anti-political websites make up a lot of what they claim and exaggerate most of the rest.

A lot of the time they will seize on one ill-judged decision by someone in authority and claim it is general practice everywhere.

[RATTER15]

Jillp, right about the golliwog though, we used to have a little paper golliwog behind the label of Robertson jams and if you saved them you could get a metal golliwog badge. they were stopped many years ago probably one of the first thing to be affected by political correctness. You can still buy golliwog dolls but these days they are just called gollies, I can understand dropping the w0g bit.

[archiestaffy]

I know a school that teaches children baa baa green sheep now cuz they thought baa baa black sheep was teaching children to be racist

[JillP]

It could be that some of it is exaggerated, however, I grew up in England and I do remember the Robertson's golliwog, 'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep', 'Noddy and Big Ears', the latter now being called 'White Beard' in the U.S.A. So can anyone tell me why 'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep' could be considered racist and green sheep anything but silly?

[n00dles]

In this crazy pc world, we also had the golliwog banned in Blyton's Noddy books...not just because of the word itself considered racist, but also because the character was always naughty (being reprimanded by Noddy and his friends), and this too was deemed to show black people in a poor light!!

Ratter, do you remember that there were two different brooches? One was enamel, the other chrome or silver plated...you had to save more gollies from the jars to get the coverted silver one!

I drink black coffee, and have done so for most of my life...I have never had a problem from any establishment, when ordering a cup...

[RATTER15]

n00dles, that's a new one on me, never heard of the silver plated ones, I had a few of the enamel ones though, and wish I still had them.

[n00dles]

Hi RATTER,

Sorry for delay in replying...have a new addition to the household - 9 wk old kitten MUFFIN !!

Cannot remember exactly the metal, but def two different types - enamel being one...took ruddy long time to collect the other one!! LOL What a joy it was to receive that long awaited brooch in the post...such a job to choose which one to have - so many different styles of 'dress' on dear ol' gollie!!

With apologies to you Jillp, for hi-jacking your Golden shred!

[n00dles]

Oops!!

Having said that, I think now that it was cheap metal for less paper gollies (to collect), and more for the enamel ones...

[JillP]

That's alright, Noodles. I too remember the silver plated golly and, now you mention it, the different styles of dress. There was a lad at school that was called Golly by all and sundry. How that would go over now, I don't know.

[Grunty]

I did hear of someone ordering a black coffee:
Black coffee please
- It's not black coffee now, it's coffee without milk
Coffee without milk please
- Sorry, we've run out of milk
Do you have any cream?
- Yes
Coffee without cream please
- Certainly Sir.

[Narolines]

I must look at some of these websites to find out what's happening in the UK. You'd think that living here would be enough, wouldn't you?

Black coffee is black coffee - white bread is white bread, black pudding is black pudding and blackberries are blackberries, for goodness sake!!!