F A Chairman

Quoted from dicko995

my g,kids say they cant say blackboard now, its a chalkboard. I reckon they should bring out the jam jars again with our favourite gollywog collections, i for one would save for my badges, fk em.

Not one to cast aspersions on you or your grandkids but it’s a very very old fashioned school that uses a blackboard and chalk nowadays. Most use electronic whiteboards which they call whiteboards because they’re white.

Oh and they still sing baa baa black sheep regardless of what you’ve heard.

It's not just the coloured statement. He managed to imply asians are better on computers and women don't like balls coming at them quickly.

Take just the coloured word alone and his Americanism defence is ok. Add them all together and he just sounds like a dinosaur. Even if all of those things could be potentially considered true, it doesn't make them ok to say

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

When did we have to change from saying "people of colour" which is now frowned upon, and "black" which is now acceptable? Politics aside, surely "people of colour" is more inclusive than just "black."

Isn't it more important to judge people like the FA chairman from his actions rather than his words, which may or may not be currently acceptable?

I’m not 100% sure but I think that “person of colour” is acceptable yet “coloured” isn’t. I don’t know why but I do know that I’m my profession (medical) we no longer refer to “diabetics” or “asthmatics” but “patients with diabetes” etc I’m assuming this is for similar reasons but have never had it explained to me.

Quoted from Henryscat

I’m not 100% sure but I think that “person of colour” is acceptable yet “coloured” isn’t. I don’t know why but I do know that I’m my profession (medical) we no longer refer to “diabetics” or “asthmatics” but “patients with diabetes” etc I’m assuming this is for similar reasons but have never had it explained to me.

Thanks for that. I will herewith ask the wife to address me as a "person with asthma."

Its all just a load of old cobblers, or people who cobble.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

When did we have to change from saying "people of colour" which is now frowned upon, and "black" which is now acceptable? Politics aside, surely "people of colour" is more inclusive than just "black."

Isn't it more important to judge people like the FA chairman from his actions rather than his words, which may or may not be currently acceptable?

It should be like that but if I said it publicly I would have to resign!

Makes you wonder why people like that get appointed in first place.In my experience it is like appointing like.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

Thanks for that. I will herewith ask the wife to address me as a "person with asthma."

Its all just a load of old cobblers, or people who cobble.

Northampton fans?

Just another old duffer who is totally out of touch, pretty much like most of the FA. It akin to a gentleman's club.

Someone in his position should be more clued up.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

It should be like that but if I said it publicly I would have to resign!

All this crap makes me sick! Nothing seems to matter apart from being able to parrot the current acceptable language.

He should have just gone in there, said very little and just kept to a prepared script of the right words to use and all would be well. In fact had he read out a long list of approved words on their own he would probably have been ok!

None of what he was grilled on will now get an airing; all the talk will be whether coloured or black is the correct term to use today. At some not too distant point in the future the words he should have used today won't be fashionable any more. In actual fact he was being supportive of the players concerned but of course that has been obliterated by his use of the "incorrect" term.

Quoted from pen penfras

It's not just the coloured statement. He managed to imply asians are better on computers and women don't like balls coming at them quickly.

Take just the coloured word alone and his Americanism defence is ok. Add them all together and he just sounds like a dinosaur. Even if all of those things could be potentially considered true, it doesn't make them ok to say

Giggles...