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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GweiloHere in Hong Kong foreigners are routinely referred to as gweilos- Cantonese for "White devil". Even the gweilos call themselves gweilo. I'm Pakistani and routinely call myself white devil, and no-one bats an eyelid. It's great.
Because so few of us gweilos speak Cantonese, a lot of the locals take little liberties, confident in the knowledge that they won't get rumbled. My Chinese chums, when having a Cantonese conversation with each other, will always refer to my black friend as Hak-mui (black girl) instead of using her name, even if she's in the room. Still, it's really good natured, and nobody really gives a monkey's about the rubbish little contrivances that PC is all about. Grand place.
(, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 2:21, 1 reply)
What?!?The Chinese anesthesiologist told us it was a term of great endearment! That little turd, wait til I get my hands on him!
(, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 4:53, closed)
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