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Is this terminology racist?
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http://www.thesun.co....hat-it-is-racist.html
Does such ridiculous over-sensitive rulings such as this only go to create more divisions between the races?
It is as ridiculous as saying that sending someone to Coventry is offensive to the people of Coventry.
Does such ridiculous over-sensitive rulings such as this only go to create more divisions between the races?
It is as ridiculous as saying that sending someone to Coventry is offensive to the people of Coventry.
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SP, no, it didn’t make me racist - but it made me angry. We’ve now reached a stage where little can be said or done without it being misconstrued by those who wish to appear to be politically correct. If anyone needs desensitisin
07:15 Tue 08th May 2012
Don't think that The Archers [aog's latest link, above] is on radio, where we can't see that the character is black , makes a great deal of difference, but complaining that having him as a feckless philanderer and that is some racist , racial, stereotype for black Jamaicans or black people generally is just plain daft.
As usual with these complaints, the number of complainers might be extremely small compared to the numbers who don't complain, but that doesn't stop the tabloids making it out to be significant .
As usual with these complaints, the number of complainers might be extremely small compared to the numbers who don't complain, but that doesn't stop the tabloids making it out to be significant .
Mick Talbot
No - that's what The Sun has written. Blacklist is not referred to by the police IT department.
This is what certain newspapers do: lead with an outrageous headline, but bury the meat of the story down at the bottom.
The story is flaky, because it suggests that police top brass have banned the word blacklist.
It's cobblers, but you'd only know that by thoroughly reading the article and separating what The Sun 'thinks', 'what it wants to convey' and what the truth is.
These three things may not necessarily be the same.
No - that's what The Sun has written. Blacklist is not referred to by the police IT department.
This is what certain newspapers do: lead with an outrageous headline, but bury the meat of the story down at the bottom.
The story is flaky, because it suggests that police top brass have banned the word blacklist.
It's cobblers, but you'd only know that by thoroughly reading the article and separating what The Sun 'thinks', 'what it wants to convey' and what the truth is.
These three things may not necessarily be the same.
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I can see where sp is coming from, but he might only be partially right, the reference to Black-List is mentioned here.
/// Security services chief Brian Douglas wrote: “IB (Information Board) are uncomfortable with the use of the term Whitelist (and I presume Blacklist). ///
Brian Douglas wrote: The information Board are uncomfortable with the use of the term Whitelist (and I presume Blacklist).
Noting that the words "and I presume Blacklist" are enclosed in brackets, did he actually add those words himself or were they added by the newspaper?
/// Security services chief Brian Douglas wrote: “IB (Information Board) are uncomfortable with the use of the term Whitelist (and I presume Blacklist). ///
Brian Douglas wrote: The information Board are uncomfortable with the use of the term Whitelist (and I presume Blacklist).
Noting that the words "and I presume Blacklist" are enclosed in brackets, did he actually add those words himself or were they added by the newspaper?
The Daily Mail's article about the Archers should be treated with kid gloves, because again, it's cobblers.
90 complaints?
With an audience the size that The Archers has - 90 complaints is statistically irrelevent. I'm not saying the views of he complainants are themselves irrelevant, but taken as a percentage of those listening, the numbers are meaningless.
I bet if you polled listeners, you could find 90 people who disagree strongly with the female character who decided to have a child using a sperm donor (can't recall her name), or 90 people who were angered by the way that wayward teenager (who had dated one of her college lecturers) was portrayed.
This however, won't get people worked up.
What The Daily Mail has sneakily done, is focus on a trivial number of complaints, and then broadcast it on their site as another example of people 'crying racism'.
Remember...90 people.
What The Daily Mail
90 complaints?
With an audience the size that The Archers has - 90 complaints is statistically irrelevent. I'm not saying the views of he complainants are themselves irrelevant, but taken as a percentage of those listening, the numbers are meaningless.
I bet if you polled listeners, you could find 90 people who disagree strongly with the female character who decided to have a child using a sperm donor (can't recall her name), or 90 people who were angered by the way that wayward teenager (who had dated one of her college lecturers) was portrayed.
This however, won't get people worked up.
What The Daily Mail has sneakily done, is focus on a trivial number of complaints, and then broadcast it on their site as another example of people 'crying racism'.
Remember...90 people.
What The Daily Mail
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