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8 August, 2015 at 7:19 pm #527514
@Mr Harp wrote:
Another excellent article from the Pulitzer Prize winning Guardian. The author a black woman describes eloquently why she personally finds golliwogs offensive.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/06/bbc-race-golliwog
:D
hres why I think gollwog is offencive.i went in to pats chat thinking swear b;astfran any thing I liked. Pound out the people in there are rampant racists. No onr will ver get the better of them,iv trid,Its a deep seeded predigest.
8 August, 2015 at 7:59 pm #527515Then don’t try
8 August, 2015 at 8:01 pm #527516is Jock or Limey or Pommy racist or does it depend how it’s used
8 August, 2015 at 8:12 pm #527517@trapper wrote:
is Jock or Limey or Pommy racist or does it depend how it’s used
Depends on the context in which it is used surely. :lol: :wink:
8 August, 2015 at 8:14 pm #527518@moonshadow wrote:
@Mr Harp wrote:
Another excellent article from the Pulitzer Prize winning Guardian. The author a black woman describes eloquently why she personally finds golliwogs offensive.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/06/bbc-race-golliwog
:D
hres why I think gollwog is offencive.i went in to pats chat thinking swear b;astfran any thing I liked. Pound out the people in there are rampant racists. No onr will ver get the better of them,iv trid,Its a deep seeded predigest.
You read the guardian & type like that moon? Wow. :shock:
8 August, 2015 at 8:15 pm #527519My Da was a scot and I don’t recall anyone calling him anything other than Jock … including my Ma :?
8 August, 2015 at 8:27 pm #527520@moonshadow wrote:
@Mr Harp wrote:
Another excellent article from the Pulitzer Prize winning Guardian. The author a black woman describes eloquently why she personally finds golliwogs offensive.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/06/bbc-race-golliwog
:D
hres why I think gollwog is offencive.i went in to pats chat thinking swear b;astfran any thing I liked. Pound out the people in there are rampant racists. No onr will ver get the better of them,iv trid,Its a deep seeded predigest.
Excellent comment Moon, ‘white’ people don’t like having their ‘casual’ racism challenged. It is so ingrained in UK culture it is part of the national psyche.
8 August, 2015 at 9:05 pm #527521@boojangle wrote:
My Da was a scot and I don’t recall anyone calling him anything other than Jock … including my Ma :?
Well I wont have it and I don’t like it.Things will change regardless of poili and co
8 August, 2015 at 9:11 pm #527522Have you quoted the wrong thing there :?
8 August, 2015 at 10:27 pm #527523your post made me giggle arc thank u im still working out what shes typed lol :shock:
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