Political Correctness Gone MadFreddy 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)
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 10:20)
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racist political correctnessMy cousin Dave had filled in a job application a couple of years back, and for race, ticked "other". he received a phone call from the business in question stating that although he had ticked the box, he had neglected to fill in the field as to his actual race. Dave says, "well my mum was Mauritian and my dad was from London", to which the employer replies, "ah, so you're pigmentally challenged then?"
this prompted some rather sharp comments and a hang up of the phone.
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 14:52, Reply)
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