Field? That's racist...

I don't see this word has any negative connotations. In farming, a field is a fenced off area which is used to grow plants of a certain type or keep animals in. A working field is the same thing, it's the area of expertise in which the role or person is suitable for, a fenced off area of expertise. I don't see this has anything to do with evil Americans taking slaves and making them work in a field or anywhere else, unless you really want to read that in. Next thing they will say is a pyramid is racist, because the Egyptians may have used slaves to build them.
 
something daft already!! said:
I don't see this word has any negative connotations. In farming, a field is a fenced off area which is used to grow plants of a certain type or keep animals in. A working field is the same thing, it's the area of expertise in which the role or person is suitable for, a fenced off area of expertise. I don't see this has anything to do with evil Americans taking slaves and making them work in a field or anywhere else, unless you really want to read that in. Next thing they will say is a pyramid is racist, because the Egyptians may have used slaves to build them.
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To be clear, the Americans didn't tend to take slaves - they mostly bought people that had already been enslaved by other black people.
 
Jono8 said:
People need to just ignore this **** and focus on more important things. However, no doubt this will cause an absolute category 5 **** storm on social media (and probably even in this thread).

Is perhaps pointless and stupid? Maybe. However, ultimately an organisation has chosen to change some of the language it uses - you can agree or disagree, but it is the organisation's decision and it will likely have zero impact on anyone's life.
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Maybe the people who made these changes should focus on more important things? I don't really care either way other than a mild irritation at the pointlessness of it, as like you say it has zero impact on my life. It doesn't improve anything or make the world a better place, slaves were still made to work in the cotton fields, you cant undo it.
 
I'm off to watch Blazing Saddles in the hope that a few wokers spontaneously combust by my doing so.
 
I've never seen such a time in my life when society seems to take pleasure in destroying itself.

If you complain about it then suddenly these days you are in the wrong.
 
I think I'll have a verbal "field day" tomorrow, just to spite these pitiful people.

A farmer friend had a visit from a local historian during the last year, asking if he could photograph and examine the farmhouse. It's a stunning edifice that retains a huge amount of original internal decor, fittings and furnishings. The ceilings are spectacular. He was interested to find out more about the house and so he accommodated the historian's request. He spent half a day taking photos' and notes, then departed.

Weeks passed and he received a phone call telling him that the historian had found out some very interesting information, and could he pop round? He said the farm was originally about 1000 acres, (it's now just over 600). The main house remained largely empty for many years after it was built as the owner (and commissioner of it's build) was abroad a great deal.

He was a cotton trader and had other local properties "bought off the back of cotton slaves" as the historian rather bluntly and accusingly commented. My friend wasn't bothered, history is history, but his wife dreaded the daughter finding out as she has friends who get "excitable to the point of nausea" about such stuff.

To make matters worse, the farmer's son married a few years ago, and as these sort of gentleman farmer people do, his father bought a 300 acre adjoining farm as a wedding present for him and his new wife. The bloody historian only went on to tell him that too had been built for the same cotton trader's family.... :) The farmer's wife has managed to keep this from the daughter so far, I believe. The things parents have to worry about these days are bizarre!

When I first met this chap I asked where his land boundaries were, whilst standing upstairs in the farmhouse, with fabulous views all around. "Oh, you can't see them in any direction from up here, they are far beyond where the eye can see, we could go for a drive around if you like and have a couple of hours?". I declined and shuffled off to my piddling little acreage firmly knowing my social place :)
 
Chojin said:
It's time to move on from using the world field. It's 2023 - we are better than that.
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"Come On, It's 2015" / The Current Year!

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On a similar note, the BBC reported about an hour ago that 5 US sites have recently been renamed due to them being offensive.

www.bbc.co.uk

US renames five places that used racist slur for Native Americans

The move is part of wider efforts to remove the derogatory term from hundreds of geographic sites.
www.bbc.co.uk

The article tells you what the new names are but not what the old ones were. I don't find that a particularly useful article for those asking what the old sites were. Like how we use spoiler tags on this forum, the BBC sometimes puts a disclaimer near the top of the article warning that this may contain upsetting scenes / this may offend some people / this contains flash photography etc. The Beeb should have done that.

Years ago, the BBC ran a similar article where a place in Australia originally had the n-word in it and it got renamed, but it still said on there what the original name was so we know what the place was / where it was etc.
 
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