Jack Golly

@anc wrote:

I don’t understand that teacher – as I have been led to believe, large toy manufacturers are purposefully making dolls etc with dark skin to be politically correct! :?

The teacher fell into the trap of thinking that any mention/portrayal of a ‘minority’ ethnicity is or racist. She was wrong, it’s a trap into which a lot of people fall, mention anything to do with colour and they assume there’s a problem.

Oh BTW regardless of what Rappers and their ilk do, there’s a whole load of black people who don’t want the ‘N’ word mentioned until AFTER they’ve been showered with cash, given a bloomin’ great big house and a car and surrounded by beautiful bodies in skimpy swimwear, after which they won’t care what you say . . . . .

@kent f OBE wrote:

@(f)politics? wrote:

@jen_jen wrote:

Regardless of whether we’re talking about race, gender, sexuality, disability etc., it’s not words that are offensive, it’s not the toys that are offensive, it’s the context in which they are used and the intent behind them.

Absolutely jen i agree 100%. i’ve said this before that people should worry less about what words are being used and more about the context they are used in or towards someone.
Don’t ban the word slap the nasty eejit saying em. People can be just as offensive without using such words and as much of a bully, so yep i agree totally.

Some words are offensive…they may not have been offensive years ago…..that doesn’t mean they can be used now….
how can you slap the eejit for using a word that isn’t deemed offensive?? The word has to be offensive in the first place :roll:

You misunderstood what i was saying kenty, smack the eejit for saying whatever they say in a nasty way as a means of abuse, rather than the for word itself,for example, if someone said ur hairs like a gollywogs as in its afro styley, in an innocent manner describing something not being abusive or racist, not belittling the style but describing it, i dont see the harm, if someone says, look at that hair you gollywog idiot, its being said in a racist insulting manner, cr ap example but thats what i mean, the word gollywog itself shouldn’t be shied away from as a word, as has been noticed on here,on this thread, it is nowadays, but after all it was in all of our childhoods, from toys to animation on a jam jar, the gollywog isnt something that should be hidden away from embarrassed by, but using it in a derogatory way should deserve a slapping, yes.

no panda i’m talking slap the cuffs on em and beat them with a stick :shock:

well that was obvious terry seeing as kenty misunderstood what i was trying to say, i obviously didnt express myself well… so sue me !

@panda12 wrote:

@(f)politics? wrote:

no panda i’m talking slap the cuffs on em and beat them with a stick :shock:

I would say I see, but I don’t.

Never mind, that’ll be not expressing myself clearly. not important enough to worry about.