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Please do not try and argue that this society is not endemically racist when a  newspaper report highlights migrants drowning in the channel attracts 250 smiley faces.  

Quoted from friskneymariner

Please do not try and argue that this society is not endemically racist when a  newspaper report highlights migrants drowning in the channel attracts 250 smiley faces.  

I tend to agree with your observations on our society, but that example might just be 250 complete f***wits.

Quoted from smokey111

I tend to agree with your observations on our society, but that example might just be 250 complete f***wits.

I agree as well, but 250 people is not really a representative sample of British society. It's still completely disgusting though.

My 70 year old parents still use the word ‘coloured’, even after I correct them each time. Their excuse is they are scared to say ‘black’ etc.

Whilst I can understand the confusion, ‘coloured’ has not been an acceptable term in the UK for at least 25 years. That’s half of their adult life.

They watch TV every day. Listen to the radio every day. Read two newspapers every day (admittedly Mail / Express). They won’t have heard or seen the word ‘coloured’ for at least 25 years, apart from the odd occasion, like the episode of The Office when Gareth says his Dad doesn’t understand all the new trendy words, “for instance, he says “darkies”, rather than “coloureds”.”  That must have gone right over my Dad’s head

They dont need to be "corrected" do they? They don't mean any harm, they are not insulting anyone it is just the term they grew up with.

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

My 70 year old parents still use the word ‘coloured’, even after I correct them each time. Their excuse is they are scared to say ‘black’ etc.

[b]Whilst I can understand the confusion, ‘coloured’ has not been an acceptable term in the UK for at least 25 years. That’s half of their adult life. [/b]

They watch TV every day. Listen to the radio every day. Read two newspapers every day (admittedly Mail / Express). They won’t have heard or seen the word ‘coloured’ for at least 25 years, apart from the odd occasion, like the episode of The Office when Gareth says his Dad doesn’t understand all the new trendy words, “for instance, he says “darkies”, rather than “coloureds”.”  That must have gone right over my Dad’s head

Really? I must have been living on a different planet then. Certainly the nasty word was a no-go a long time back but  I am absolutely positive the word coloured has been used on TV and radio news etc in the last 5 years. The censoring of it is much more recent than that.

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

My 70 year old parents still use the word ‘coloured’, even after I correct them each time. Their excuse is they are scared to say ‘black’ etc.

Whilst I can understand the confusion, ‘coloured’ has not been an acceptable term in the UK for at least 25 years. That’s half of their adult life.

They watch TV every day. Listen to the radio every day. Read two newspapers every day (admittedly Mail / Express). They won’t have heard or seen the word ‘coloured’ for at least 25 years, apart from the odd occasion, like the episode of The Office when Gareth says his Dad doesn’t understand all the new trendy words, “for instance, he says “darkies”, rather than “coloureds”.”  That must have gone right over my Dad’s head

I'm 69, I read newspapers, spend hours on the internet and watch TV (often at the same time) and it totally escaped me that 'coloured' was no longer acceptable. I was of course aware that the 'n' word, in use when I was a teenager was no longer acceptable (if it ever was) but I had heard of 'a person of colour' which I equated to 'coloured' allowing me to think coloured was acceptable in fact I too didn't like calling people 'black' (not all 'black' people are in my view black in fact some of mixed black / white race may not like it) Then of course we get BAME, what the intercourse is that all about?

Quoted from friskneymariner

Please do not try and argue that this society is not endemically racist when a  newspaper report highlights migrants drowning in the channel attracts 250 smiley faces.  

I concur 100%

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

Really? I must have been living on a different planet then. Certainly the nasty word was a no-go a long time back but  I am absolutely positive the word coloured has been used on TV and radio news etc in the last 5 years. The censoring of it is much more recent than that.

There is absolutely no chance the word ‘coloured’ has been used by any news organisation in the past 25 years, unless to point out someone still using the word when they shouldn’t be or to be ironic, such as in The Office episode

Quoted from Ipswin

I'm 69, I read newspapers, spend hours on the internet and watch TV (often at the same time) and it totally escaped me that 'coloured' was no longer acceptable. I was of course aware that the 'n' word, in use when I was a teenager was no longer acceptable (if it ever was) but I had heard of 'a person of colour' which I equated to 'coloured' allowing me to think coloured was acceptable in fact I too didn't like calling people 'black' (not all 'black' people are in my view black in fact some of mixed black / white race may not like it) Then of course we get BAME, what the intercourse is that all about?

You’re 69 though Ipswin. A young buck!!

I do agree it can be a difficult situation. I read yesterday that ethnic minority is much preferred to BAME by members of those communities