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Examples of what I challenge that get me ridiculed as being "Too PC" are:
A local Hospital has a 60% british Muslim catchment area, but (until recently) still had documentation requiring people's "Christian Name". It's an anachronism that makes assumptions that became invalid decades ago. As a non-christian - I don't have a 'christian name' - it's my 'first' name.
I still hear people use the word 'Jew' as an adjective meaning to cheat or swindle. I find that ridiculous and worth challenging.
I still grumble at the TV when criminals/terrorists are described by their ethnicity and/or faith even when it's irrelevant.
I despise the use of 'gay' as a generic insult.
Surely these are the exactly the trivial bullsh*t that when you get right down to it are nothing more than a mild iritation and in the great scheme of things are not going to have an effect on someones life.
Sure get rid of them but it's hardly
A. going to happen overnight
B. Solely the province of skin coloUr/ethnicity (how many time have you heard the phrase "Small man's syndrome"?
The first example wouldn't offend me and i'm not Christian
The Second example i have never heard, Big nosed, Yes but cheats/swindle No thats usually accompanied by Gypsy wher i was brought up and is used exactly the same way as Scoucer only with half the vigor.
I grumble at the TV when any of a thousand inaccurate typecasts are thrust upon a group: Hoodies, Punk, the list is endless, Lets face it the press are purely out to label any group to make "selling" the story easier.
Does racism exsist? Yes it does.
Does racism target only non whites? No it doesn't, not that you will ever see it portrayed that way by the press.
Does ALL racism need to be adressed? yes but lets get the REAL issues dealt with and stop worrying so much about trivial sh*t like what a form indicates your first name to be, and start adressing the media portrayal of immigration and get a programme to intigrate members of cross culture neighbourhoods.
the best way to stop people hating each other because of skin coloUr is to let them get to know each other and socialise with one another rather than live in a "Them and Us" system like we do at the moment, on both sides.