It's his responsibility to keep in touch.

Coloured has overtones (intentional or otherwise) of apartheid South Africa. He could also have used other terminology or just not said it. If you make a career in the media you will come under scrutiny.

Posted By: APB on December 22nd 2011 at 13:28:34

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Blimey (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 13:20:47
- he should know better (Other Football) - revsimon, Dec 22, 13:53:12
  - what is the current ok term to describe (Other Football) - phrankin, Dec 22, 13:54:51
    - erm... 'black', or 'mixed race'. (n/m) (Other Football) - Yellalee, Dec 22, 14:02:18
      - 'Mixed heritage' (n/m) (Other Football) - Hertz van Rental, Dec 22, 14:22:47
      - Coming up next, how same gender sex isn't an illness (Other Football) - Barmaid, Dec 22, 14:05:27
        
        What is "gender sex"? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 14:06:02
        
        "same gender sex" sex with someone of the same gender as yourself. (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Dec 22, 14:10:19
        
        Ah, amazing what a difference one word makes to ones understanding (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 14:11:23
        
        Ent ut tho? (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Dec 22, 14:13:15
      - I thought "black" was offensive. F**k me, I'm confoosed. Just as well (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 14:05:00
        
        Nope. (n/m) (Other Football) - Hertz van Rental, Dec 22, 14:22:32
      - what Yellalee posted (Other Football) - revsimon, Dec 22, 14:04:07
    - Blud? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 13:55:26
- In about 1975 (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Dec 22, 13:39:18
  - I can tell you catagorically it wasn't. Love Thy Neighbour was still on then FFS (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 13:49:00
- What colour are you CB41? (n/m) (Other Football) - Barmaid, Dec 22, 13:23:30
  - Don't know really. Officially I am White/ British but I'm not sure that's relevent. (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 13:26:04
    - This is why he has apologised (n/m) (Other Football) - Barmaid, Dec 22, 13:27:25
      - Yep, I see that now. Educational place the Wrath, init (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 13:30:06
        
        It's nice he's apologised. He's a professional, and is paid to be (Other Football) - Barmaid, Dec 22, 13:39:16
        
        like clarkson whose "joke" was editorially approved beforehand (Other Football) - Tombs, Dec 22, 13:42:50
        
        Is what you sweaty boys on here call, a 'gay off' ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Barmaid, Dec 22, 13:46:35
        
        I laughed (n/m) (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, Dec 22, 14:16:53
        
        Don't think you can call them "sweatys" any more (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 13:52:23
        
        people taking offense for the sake of it (Other Football) - phrankin, Dec 22, 13:34:19
        
        not sure what you mean, for their own benefit? (Other Football) - Tombs, Dec 22, 13:38:13
        
        taking offense where none was intended (Other Football) - phrankin, Dec 22, 13:48:15
  - magnolia (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Dec 22, 13:24:22
- 9 years ago (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Dec 22, 13:21:28
- I think its more out dated than full on offensive. He's out of touch. (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Dec 22, 13:21:20
  - yes, but he's a TV pundit..... IT'S HIS FUCKING JOB!!!! (Other Football) - Tombs, Dec 22, 13:24:03
  - Me too then, although surely he doesn't need to apologise for being outdated (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 13:23:20
    - It's his responsibility to keep in touch. (Other Football) - APB, Dec 22, 13:28:34
      - oh no! (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Dec 22, 13:38:57
    - i'm not sure what anybody's country of origin has to do with this CeeBeeBees (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 22, 13:25:02
      - Well only in that he could have said "there are loads of African or Jamaican or bla bla (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 13:28:57
        
        it's fucking bollocks - when did describing non white people as"coloured" become offensive (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Dec 22, 13:32:09
        
        1975 (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Dec 22, 13:40:37
        
        see APB's post above (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 22, 13:33:31
        
        Mind you, on that premise surely the term "white" is the same (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 13:51:34
        
        "It comes from the ideology of racism, that white people are white, and everyone else is s (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 22, 13:59:28
        
        so it is - i must be getting old..... (Other Football) - phrankin, Dec 22, 13:37:07
        
        When your family history dates back, and is record after record of (Other Football) - Barmaid, Dec 22, 14:01:57
        
        Too simplistic (Other Football) - mike_the_sphinx, Dec 22, 14:07:10
        
        or the Chinese, Scot's, Welsh or just about any country subjugated by (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 14:08:55
        
        Apparently we used to cut off one hand of people in the part of India (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 14:10:29
        
        Right, so when all the above reclaim back, a stupid remark made on television (Other Football) - Barmaid, Dec 22, 14:15:48
        
        I didn't say that, I was just under the impression that "black" (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 22, 14:28:52
        
        Spiffing (n/m) (Other Football) - Barmaid, Dec 22, 14:34:37
        
        i've not seen it either (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 22, 13:30:40
      - incidently Gus Poyet has been doing a Hansen n'all (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 22, 13:27:36

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