it's f**king bollocks - when did describing non white people as"coloured" become offensive

Posted By: phrankin on December 22nd 2011 at 13:32:09

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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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