Originally Posted by
Alps Pacino
A friend of my mams went into a child shop as she wanted a "black doll" so she asked for a "black doll" and the women behind the counter got all snotty and said "dont you mean an "ethnic doll". An ethnic doll going from the definition of ethnic could be any colour and imo she asked for the right thing. The problem people have these days is they dont know what to say as every term is deemed racist or could be taken out of context.
Agreed there are some massively over PC twats out there who take offense at things that arent offensive.
I have a PERFECT example of it IMHO, a friend of mine went to school in Leyton in the 80s, a very racially tense place to be in the grand scheme of things.
They had 2 types of boards that the teachers wrote on:
White Boards
Black Boards
These then became
White Boards
Chalk Boards
A black kid in the class asked "Why do we call the black board a chalk board now miss, is being black something the board should be ashamed of like I am meant to be?"
Far from making that kid feel better, the politically correct nonsense made him feel FAR wose!