one f in mansfield wrote:PEAR CIDER wrote:James wrote:Sedgwick wrote:Torrystag wrote:Bloody hell coloured ,black ,yellow ginger whats wrong with the world ,its not abusive
White folk are more bothered about what offends black people than black people are.... speaking on behalf of them and telling everyone what they find offensive is worse than the original comment.
Sorry, I didn’t realise you had to be black to be offended by a racist comment.
Bit dramatic. It was a common phrase some years ago to describe. Yes it's not necessarily socially acceptable anymore but come on, there are far worse phrases that could be used. Those of an older generation probably see no harm in the phrase coloured, especially in the clear way it was intended to be used here.
Anyone, back to new player ideas.
I fall into the age bracket that used the word coloured when it was apparently the correct word to use. I know I am not racist,sexist or deliberately abusive to anyone but I could easily be labelled so by my ignorance of the latest terminology. The post above is absolutely correct, it is all about the intended use of the word , but equally how people want to take it .
It seems that the terminology changes and reverts on an almost daily basis and people get upset whichever word you use. You aren’t alone in your ignorance or exasperation.[/quote]
A) why couldn't he have just said a 'young fellow' what has skin colour got to do with anything, I doubt he would have said 'a young white fellow'.
B) the term used is very archaic and offensive to some people. To me, it assumes that to be white is the 'standard, or normal, or default' and to be anything other than white, or of a 'colour', isnt normal. Which it clearly is.
It's as outdated as calling a homosexual a 'puff'.
Greg Clarke used it last year and was forced to quit his role at the FA, remember...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co ... 888197.amp Enough said. Move on.
You've got to go there and come back, to know where you've been.