Alan Hansen uses racist language on live TV


It's a fairly outdated term and shows a certain amount if ignorance perhaps, but to brand it as racist language is laughable.
 
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FFS, this is pathetic frankly and a complete non-issue - had he used the n-word or any of the other obviously offensive terms Moses lists in his post, then I could understand.

Yet more PC thought control B.S. :mad:
 
Adnams Drinker said:
FFS, this is pathetic frankly and a complete non-issue - had he used the n-word or any of the other obviously offensive terms Moses lists in his post, then I could understand.

Yet more PC thought control B.S. :mad:
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My thoughts exactly,

I support political correctness & don't think it's a problem.

It's not like it had any genuine racial hatred behind it, that the term is in it'self that derogatory (I'd say it was just a poor descriptive term).

It's not like he was dropping n-bombs.
 
Moses said:
I don't think he should be sacked, etc, for being a "racist"... but this should serve to educate people. Obviously a black person hearing the word coloured isn't going to ruin their day, but people should just be respectful and use words that are deemed to be fine.
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That's the point- what words ARE we allowed to use this week? Seems to change of a regular basis what is and isn't "PC".

Moses said:
It's no restriction on me that I can't say ******, faggot, poof, ****, etc, whilst describing people. It's not as though I can't call a spade a spade. I can call a black person black and a gay person gay... I just can't use the ~offensive~ terms.
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Yet it's not uncommon to hear them call each other by these terms seeming no comeback...

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But, like I said, Hansen should just be reminded to be sensitive.
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Or what about people stop being so sensitive and picking up every little thing and twisting it into a sexist/racist/ageist issue?

Edit: In fact it was the early days of the PC brigade that encouraged people of Alan's generation to use the word "coloured" to describe black people instead of the "N" or "C" words!
 
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Nitefly said:
On analysis it's understandable. To refer to a black man as coloured is not only to differentiate based on skin colour (that would be fine) but also has connotations of 'not normal' or 'marked' in relation to a white person. Being black isn't the most common skin colour, it's a stretch to say that it's uncommon, it's not polite to imply 'marked'.

Of course, as a child you can't make such analysis and you think that it's best to avoid the word black altogether because this is the most obvious thing and you want to avoid mentioning it! :p
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Robbo said:
Black, brown = coloured.

It's not offensive. Deal with it.
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It is offensive, see above quote. Deal with it :confused: :p

Of course, he could have said a lot worse and he wasn't intending to be offensive.
 
Nitefly said:
I'm not offended by it, yet I think it's a pretty poor choice of words in current times.
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What would you have said instead then?

I think 'non-white' is probably the best port of call.

I think if he said - "There are a lot of black and brown players..." - that would have sounded worse than coloured! :eek:
 
Don't think this is a big issue and should not really be made into one. However i gotta say i'm mildly offended if someone calls me coloured (I'm technically Asian but of Caribbean descent) It just strikes me as an old and archaic word with 'olden values' connotations. Don't really care though, everyones entitled to their opinion.
 
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Do all the so called "coloured" people out there really care? If they do then that would suggest to me that they feel that they are still inferior to white people. They get wrapped up in cotton wool so much about it these days, perhaps they are inferior in some way? I'v never really noticed any "coloured" person being discriminated against in the workplace, in fact they're protected so much by the "racism" agenda that it would be nigh on impossible to do so anyway without landing yourself in court.
 
Justintime said:
Don't think this is a big issue and should not really be made into one. However i gotta say i'm mildly offended if someone calls me coloured (I'm technically Asian but of Caribbean descent) It just strikes me as an old and archaic word with 'olden values' connotations. Don't really care though, everyones entitled to their opinion.
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They can see you aren't white (like they probably are) but they aren't sure of your exact ethnic heritage etc. so coloured probably seems the best fit? I think you should only take offence if offence was intended. Intent and context are everything I think.
 
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