Labour frontbencher Diane Abbott "coloured".
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One is an insult no matter what your skin colour, one is a word they've 'reclaimed' as their own. I'm not going to pretend to understand the psychology behind it but on a basic level I can see how turning a word used negatively against you into almost a term of endearment can be a positive thing for the people in that group. Similar to how some gay men will use the f word (also a term for cigarettes) with each other.
The psychology is simple and it's precisely what DA has done here. By saying a term is offensive it can be used to shout down anyone that uses it whether there is malice behind that term or not. It's a tactic frequently used by some political and social groups.
@slipperydave googled blue-black skin. All I got was a lot of images of very attractive women but all of different bloody skin tones! I'm no further forwards on that one I'm afraid.
I’m not even Irish!
We can add cultural appropriation to your list of sins when you get sent to the gulag then
I’m not even Irish!
Was about to say bet you're not even called Tom but that's a better response
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How is Dianna Abbot shouting down anyone here? I'm no fan of her but her response was simply accurate.
I don't understand why anyone who knows even a little about the origins of certain words would want to say them at all.
Blue-black refers to the 'type' of black skin someone has, for example some black skin (mostly very dark) has almost blue undertones, whereas some black people can have more redish undertones to their complexion.
She's straight away used it to score political points instead of taking away the complement.
Banged to rights.
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She's a politician, that's what they do. How has she shouted down Amber Rudd? She's simply called out a word she shouldn't have used, and Amber Rudd herself seems to agree.
It's depressing that someone calling out an outdated word is the focus of this thread and not the racial abuse directed towards certain MPs.
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What do you mean by a BBW? I googled it and it gave me financial news and stock market results. Nothing about Diane Abbott.
As for "coloured", it was the correct term when I was in school 25 years ago when discussing current affairs. My old manager, quite senior (63+) used the term coloured when referring to a new job candidate and that was only 5 years ago in 2014. I guess that's the only time I heard that word on this side of year 2000. Like a few said on here, I would have probably just said "black", but it is still a bit of a minefield. Not just race, in other equality topics too like LGBT.
Wasn't quite sure which word was causing the outrage
However, I had no idea "Coloured" was considered so offensive.
What I find strange is that 'coloured' is offensive, but 'person of colour' is completely fine.
Edit: It even states in the article that yet calling someone who isn't white a 'person of colour' somehow doesn't do exactly the same thing? Meh
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Or they're just old.
I went to work out of our Bootle office for a couple years, all old folk but all really nice and not racist yet referred to me as coloured and getting a Chinese takeaway as getting "a chinky". They were mortified when I told them that wasn't said anymore these days.
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I'm saddened but not surprised that this wee blackhead of a oral faux pas has festered into a massive,
suppurating, gangrenous bedsore of a news story
Diane Abbott being called "coloured" must be number 100 on the Top 100 Hit Parade of insults she has endured over the years.
suppurating, gangrenous bedsore of a news story
Diane Abbott being called "coloured" must be number 100 on the Top 100 Hit Parade of insults she has endured over the years.
I belive its an acronym for 'big black woman'
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If Abbott spent her time finding out how much a policeman is paid, and reading "Mathematics for Dummies" she'd do better, rather than expecting people to walk on eggshells wondering what perfectly reasonable identifiers black or whatever people can be called today (or tomorrow). I was called out for using the word N***o on here, yet it's a term I hear used regularly by perfectly respectable, none racist, older people people who, like me, had no idea it was now deemed offensive. I now try to remember not to use it, naturally. However, I draw the line at differentiating between "coloured" or "people of colour" it's pure semantics and critiqued by those playing the race card in my opinion, something this two faced woman is expert at. The only time I would "call" Diane Abbott is if I wanted a laugh, she's totally out of her depth, and plainly a troublemaker and a race card rabble rouser given any opportunity, however tenuous. Perhaps Rudd will keep her gob shut next time and not try to ingratiate herself either with Abbott or those obsessed with nasty messages on social media sites, there are much more pressing matters the government needs to address at the moment.
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I don't know what the acronym does stand for, but pretty sure race isn't part of it. Just fetishised fat women in general.