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'Coloured' not PC anymore

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    #21
    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Can you say 'non-white' or is that offensive to someone somewhere?
    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    It was used in the Times today, so it's probably ok.
    I suspect most people would prefer not to be defined in terms of what they're not. Non-white seems to assume white as 'normal'. Perhaps it's my 70s saffer upbringing where segregation was "whites/non-whites" but it's certainly not a term I'd use.

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      #22
      Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
      people call me tall, it's lengthist

      Yo momma calls my name!


      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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        #23
        Originally posted by woohoo View Post
        I referred to a woman as coloured because i didn’t know her name but she was the only non white in the accounts team.

        I said something like not sure of her name but she is the coloured women in accounts.

        There was a bit of silence and awkwardness.

        I thought if I said the black person that would be the non pc term.

        It’s confusing now.

        You need to start playing the BAME game!
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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          #24
          Originally posted by BR14 View Post
          'cos they'll go running to mama cojak and have you banned?

          we can hope!
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #25
            Originally posted by Dark Black View Post
            'Coloured' not PC anymore
            Bring back the good ol' days when all PCs were beige....

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              #26
              Originally posted by greenlake View Post
              Bring back the good ol' days when all PCs were beige....
              Mushroom.

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                #27
                Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                Oh KUATB. It was deemed racist when Benedict Cumberbatch used it in 2015.

                The whole colour/race thing is stupid anyway. There's only one race of humans. Homo Sapiens. Amber Rudd, however, is definitely colourless.
                You are an evangelical Christian?

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                  #28
                  "Homo Sapiens" is a term that I did not think you would use.

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                    #29
                    I have shed my whitness and will now only be referred to as a person of light.

                    If you refer to me as white i will report you to the police.

                    This policy can and may be changed in future.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by minestrone View Post
                      "Homo Sapiens" is a term that I did not think you would use.

                      you never heard of 'intelligent design'?
                      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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