H&M Racism storm

I'm thinking the people being offended by this are white liberals.

I remember the parents of the child didn't think it was racist.

2018 - the year to be offended for others who aren't.

I remember there was a comedy show with different sketches on in the 90s and one was called Militant Black Guy. The black guy playing the role would go in to different situations and the moment he thought there was something racist being said he'd turn in to this triggered person. I think we need an updated version of this sketch about the Triggered White Liberal :D

I found a video clip. It's from the show Balls of Steel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKhQ2T_LI5c
 
BowdonUK said:
I'm thinking the people being offended by this are white liberals.
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I thought the same until a black friend of mine posted on Facebook complaining about the H&M issue which I was quite surprised with. Then again he also thinks maps are racist as they do not show African in it's true size. I gave him plenty of evidence on the restrictions of map projections but didn't seem to move his opinion on it. Some people just view everything through the lens of race it seems.
 
Zatoichi.uK said:
I thought the same until a black friend of mine posted on Facebook complaining about the H&M issue which I was quite surprised with. Then again he also thinks maps are racist as they do not show African in it's true size. I gave him plenty of evidence on the restrictions of map projections but didn't seem to move his opinion on it. Some people just view everything through the lens of race it seems.
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more and more so it seems.
 
LabR@t said:
you manifest your own reality, if you want to see racism in everything you will, there for you are the problem. everoneelse just gets on with life.
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Lol deary me.

Who said there was racism in everything ? It's possible to not see racism in everything and still be aware that its still very much a problem all around the world.
 
I remember being at college when white boards appeared. When I asked why they changed the boards racism was mentioned. At the time I was friends with an Indian guy and asked him if he was offended by black boards, he laughed and said no. Though that was in the 90s, when the PC brigade was on the horizon.
 
anyone seen the video doing the rounds from the Applebees restaurant in US? apparently all about "racial profiling" , totally at a loss as to where folks are getting that from, security folks being incompetent but how anyone can see racism in that baffles me
 
I guess its something you could link to black people being wrongly harassed and witnesses/police not being able to tell them apart.

I dont see how that accusation from one waiter is enough to warrant them getting harassed and eventually asked to leave and not return.
 
Rotty said:
anyone seen the video doing the rounds from the Applebees restaurant in US? apparently all about "racial profiling" , totally at a loss as to where folks are getting that from, security folks being incompetent but how anyone can see racism in that baffles me
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not sur on that one, it certainly could be... I mean obviously there was a case of mistaken identity but if the server has basically decided that the black people were the same as the other black people or has accused them without really being too sure then it isn't great for the store and not surprisingly she got sacked... potentially a bit harsh for the manager to have been sacked too, especially if the server was adamant that they were the dine and dash people from the day before
 
BowdonUK said:
I remember being at college when white boards appeared. When I asked why they changed the boards racism was mentioned. At the time I was friends with an Indian guy and asked him if he was offended by black boards, he laughed and said no. Though that was in the 90s, when the PC brigade was on the horizon.
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Black boards = racist
White board = not racist

Hmm, why?
 
BowdonUK said:
I remember being at college when white boards appeared. When I asked why they changed the boards racism was mentioned. At the time I was friends with an Indian guy and asked him if he was offended by black boards, he laughed and said no. Though that was in the 90s, when the PC brigade was on the horizon.
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I suspect the real reason was probably that whiteboards were simply cheaper to buy than new blackboards. They're also less messy as you don't end up with chalk dust everywhere. Whoever told you it was a racism related decision was probably talking crap.
 
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