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Quangos blackball … oops, sorry … veto ‘racist’ everyday phrases
Dozens of quangos and taxpayer-funded organisations have ordered a purge of common words and phrases so as not to cause offence.
Among the everyday sayings that have been quietly dropped in a bid to stamp out racism and sexism are “whiter than white”, “gentleman’s agreement”, “black mark” and “right-hand man”.
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has advised staff to replace the phrase “black day” with “miserable day”, according to documents released under freedom of information rules.
Dozens of quangos and taxpayer-funded organisations have ordered a purge of common words and phrases so as not to cause offence.
In other words, large piles of bovine excrement!
It points out that certain words carry with them a “hierarchical valuation of skin colour”. The commission even urges employees to be mindful of the term “ethnic minority” because it can imply “something smaller and less important”.
On what planet do these morons reside? As a woman, I have NO problem with the term “gentleman’s agreement”. The meaning is quite clear, and if these yahoos can’t figure it out, I’m fairly sure they’ve never entered into such an agreement.
Advice issued by the South West Regional Development Agency states: “Terms such as ‘black sheep of the family’, ‘black looks’ and ‘black mark’ have no direct link to skin colour but potentially serve to reinforce a negative view of all things black. Equally, certain terms imply a negative image of ‘black’ by reinforcing the positive aspects of white.
Hey! I’ve got an idea! Let’s just make everything the same color….clothes, eyes, skin, etc., and we can all be exactly the same….just like in the movie 1984, with John Hurt.
“For example, in the context of being above suspicion, the phrase ‘whiter than white’ is often used. Purer than pure or cleaner than clean are alternatives which do not infer that anything other than white should be regarded with suspicion.”
Ever hear of Clorox over there in loony tune land?
Marie Clair, spokeswoman for the Plain English Campaign, said: “Political correctness has good intentions but things can be taken to an extreme. What is really needed is a bit of common sense.”
Gee….y’think???? What a novel concept! You folks over there in GB have my sympathy. First your country has been over run by people who want to kill you, encouraged by your government, now you aren’t allowed to speak at all. Yep….totally off the deep end. What would ya call this?
H/T: Basti Says
The right hand man one I especially didnt get… I was like: uh, what? Next thing you know, we cant say DAY or NIGHT, b/c night refers to it being black out side. We will be asked to say Sunshine positive or sunshine negative.
LMAO Now that’s really good!
Really? Someone who ya just can’t do without type person.
This is so incredibly insane, I just don’t know what to say. What the HELL is going on in this world?
Y’know….given the opportunity, I’d tell those morons to do something in language I RARELY ever use. Heh. Something involving an impossible action.
I believe you mean “go forth and reproduce thyself” LOL
Uh…yeah….that’s pretty much the idea. Heh.