I remember a time when it was politically incorrect to ask for "black" or "white" coffee

This was back in the day when such things existed of course; we didn't have tall skinny lattes or double-whipped macchiato with an extra shot hold the cinnamon, we just had coffee to which one added milk or not.

I've never actually met a black or Asian person who found anyone's preference for coffee racist. Funnily enough.

I suspect that what happened then as so often is that a bunch of white middle class able-bodied heterosexual yoghurt knitters sat down and decided on everyone else's behalf what might offend them, without bothering to actually ask anyone who is actually in any minority at all.

Posted By: Partial Angler on March 7th 2006 at 08:47:57

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