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Freddy Woo writes: "I once worked on an animation to help highlight the issues homeless people face in winter. The client was happy with the work, then a note came back that the ethnic mix of the characters were wrong. These were cartoon characters. They weren't meant to be ethnically anything, but we were forced to make one of them brown, at the cost of about 10k to the charity. This is how your donations are spent. Wisely as you can see."

How has PC affected you? (Please add your own tales - not five-year-old news stories cut-and-pasted from other websites)

(unknown, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 10:20)
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I once had to give a statement to a police officer about a pair of miscreants I saw nicking alloy wheels from a car outside my flat (welcome to Birmingham).

Oh how she squirmed when asking me "How black?" these lads were, desperately trying not to say something non-PC. "Where they like black black or er like, pale brown er black, oh er do you know what I mean?", "Yes I do" I replied sniggering.
(I helped save b3ta! abefroman skating on the thin life of modern life on, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 13:15, closed)
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What on earth are you supposed to say? I have no idea what words we can and can't say in relation to ethnicity these days.
(I helped save b3ta! mr_wicksy is called as such on the PS3 Network too, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 13:20, closed)
This is a QotW comment Yeah
I know, I felt for her.
(I helped save b3ta! abefroman skating on the thin life of modern life on, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 13:35, closed)
This is a QotW comment ...
My grandfather was fond of the phrase 'black as sin', not sure if this is very helpful.
(Naked rape the whores with bows of holly, tra la la la la la la la la Can I play with badness?, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 13:51, closed)
This is a QotW comment Ha
Yeah I remember Albert Steptoe describing something as being "As black as a gorillas goolies".
(I helped save b3ta! abefroman skating on the thin life of modern life on, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 14:45, closed)
This is a QotW comment maybe...
...they could carry some sort of keyring colour chart - like you get from dulux... :-)
(Phlash, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 15:13, closed)
This is a QotW comment sracist

(fatharry, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 15:56, closed)
This is a QotW comment Er...
...no it's not.
(I helped save b3ta! abefroman skating on the thin life of modern life on, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 16:31, closed)
This is a QotW comment I hope you said
"None more black."
(I helped save b3ta! madridiot, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 20:36, closed)
This is a QotW comment I think she was asking for a
hex triplet.
(I helped save b3ta! Mitsy, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 10:50, closed)

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