Political correctness help

[a2b chris]

I,ll begin by telling how I was brought up.

Anyone who "looked" like they where not white was classed as coloured.

As time moves on, we learn that classing people as "coloured" is wrong and now we should use the term black

At the last match my little fella told me we had 5 brown players on the pitch.

Trying to be PC, i informed him we had 5 black players on the pitch

He looked at me as though I was cracked and said "there arn't any black players, just 5 players who are different shades of brown"

He is 6 and normally dosnt say anything that makes an issue about peoples colour.

How could/should of I answered?

 

[Lao]

It's changed a bit since the days of Cliff Marshall.


Not a lot you can say though when kids tie you up in knots, you try and explain various differences but kids just see things as black and white...

 

[chicoazul]

You should have chastised him and grounded him for one month for being a bad racist.

Yours sincerely,

The Daily Mail

ps: hope you're all well mate.

 

[Brownie]

Could you pop this in an email and I'll have a look at it tomorrow first thing.

Regards

****

 

[coyney]

Iwas told off by my grandson for calling the blackboard a blackboard apparently its now a chalk board,mind you years ago working in S.Africa I could not go for a drink with my mate as he was classed as non-white

 

[neonleon]

I,ll begin by telling how I was brought up.

Anyone who "looked" like they where not white was classed as coloured.

As time moves on, we learn that classing people as "coloured" is wrong and now we should use the term black

At the last match my little fella told me we had 5 brown players on the pitch.

Trying to be PC, i informed him we had 5 black players on the pitch

He looked at me as though I was cracked and said "there arn't any black players, just 5 players who are different shades of brown"

He is 6 and normally dosnt say anything that makes an issue about peoples colour.

How could/should of I answered?

This is easy. Your son had it right the first time. There were 5 brown players and several beigey white looking players. The trick is to get it exactly right, which is were Dulux Colour Charts come in.

For example Pienaar is burnt biscuit. Yakubu is Chocolate Ochre. Me, I'm Soft Coral.

You may think this is well racist, but don't blame me but the bad nazi's at Dulux.

And before anyone says anything, some of my best mates are tuscan terracotta.

 

[Sharpys top lip]

This is easy. Your son had it right the first time. There were 5 brown players and several beigey white looking players. The trick is to get it exactly right, which is were Dulux Colour Charts come in.

For example Pienaar is burnt biscuit. Yakubu is Chocolate Ochre. Me, I'm Soft Coral.

You may think this is well racist, but don't blame me but the bad nazi's at Dulux.

And before anyone says anything, some of my best mates are tuscan terracotta.

Post of the month......

 

[Bundy]

Negro is out, I think black is in, coloured is also out. You can call me what you like but just call me.

Colour me your colour, baby
Colour me your car
Colour me your colour, darling
I know who you are
Come up off your colour chart
I know where you're coming from
Call me on the line
Call me call me any anytime
Call me my love you can call me any day or night
Call me

*dances*

 

[Blue 1]

Iwas told off by my grandson for calling the blackboard a blackboard apparently its now a chalk board

Didn't think schools had used blackboards for years. It was rare to see one when I left nigh on 20 years ago.

 

[BlackToffee]

I,ll begin by telling how I was brought up.

Anyone who "looked" like they where not white was classed as coloured.

As time moves on, we learn that classing people as "coloured" is wrong and now we should use the term black

At the last match my little fella told me we had 5 brown players on the pitch.

Trying to be PC, i informed him we had 5 black players on the pitch

He looked at me as though I was cracked and said "there arn't any black players, just 5 players who are different shades of brown"

He is 6 and normally dosnt say anything that makes an issue about peoples colour.

How could/should of I answered?

OK, not sure whether to take this thread seriously or not. But imagine it was a group of "white" players. Some would be beetroot red, some alabaster white, some even pink. Some freckle faced etc, etc. You wouldn't describe them by their individual traits, you'd simply say tha they are a bunch of white players, whatever shade of white they happens to be.

Apply the same logic to your question and you have the answer. Its not about political correctness, its about the best way to describe a group of people who share a similar ethnicity.

 

[Goat]

You saying all us whites look the same???

OMG what a bad racist!!

BAN HIM FFS

 

[Sharpys top lip]

You saying all us whites look the same???

OMG what a bad racist!!

BAN HIM FFS

try'd to give you rep son. But it wont let me the bad nazi system.

Funny thou.....




So if i was called "white Toffee" do you think i would be thought of as an white supremacist...???
































gets off**

 

[Extratime]

Call his teacher, ask how they address it at school. That's probably how your son will address it in life. That way you can both be on the same page.

 

[Sharpys top lip]

Call his teacher, ask how they address it at school. That's probably how your son will address it in life. That way you can both be on the same page.

Teacher....

what you on about.

His lads 34..!!!!

 

[bluebloodinmyveins]

Why must we even define people as a "different" colour? Nationality is a different thing. If they are African, then by all means say that.