racist gaff by commentator???

adamski8

hey did anyone watch the england holland soccer game on wedneday and notice when one of the commentators were talking about how the weather in south africa for the world cup will be colder because of its their winter or something and then said
"the whites will enjoy it more"
:eek:
Did i hear wrong? (i take it was because england were in white)
Maybe i heard it wrong because i was half listening but i sounded bad/funny!

Sean Quagmire

nah, not rascist. Just implying us whiteys suffey more in the heat.

Sizzler

You misheard my friend. He thought the mic was off and he actually said "I'd enjoy a good shyte".

genericguy

Sizzler wrote: »

You misheard my friend. He thought the mic was off and he actually said "I'd enjoy a good shyte".

no he said "those south africans look like shite".

Four-Percent

Unless he painted swastikas all over it, I doubt the guy has a racist gaff...

Mossy Monk

adamski8 wrote: »

"the whites will enjoy it more"
:eek:

To say "the whites" when referring to white people is now racist? This world is gone to ****.

ejmaztec

Mossy Monk wrote: »

To say "the whites" when referring to white people is now racist? This world is gone to ****.

I prefer being called a "honky" to improve my street cred.

IvySlayer

How is it racist?

White people like getting a tan.

Black people don't need it.

Saying a skin colour is automatically racist is it?

Oh The Humanity

Its gaffe, not gaff ........

pickarooney

Well it's considered racist when you say things like "the blacks don't like our weather, too cold for 'em", particularly when talking about players from Scotland and Norway.

Tea_Bag

Mossy Monk wrote: »

To say "the whites" when referring to white people is now racist? This world is gone to ****.

can you honestly call a bunch of people black in front of them? "hey, you're all black! what a coincidence!"

always been a flaw in racism imho.

Riamfada

Aknowledging the fact that anyone in any way different to you even exists in a way that is different to you is racist.

You can thanks the do gooders of the world for ruining it.

ejmaztec

Tea_Bag wrote: »

can you honestly call a bunch of people black in front of them? "hey, you're all black! what a coincidence!"

always been a flaw in racism imho.

ok in New Zealand:p

Crucifix

pickarooney wrote: »

Well it's considered racist when you say things like "the blacks don't like our weather, too cold for 'em", particularly when talking about players from Scotland and Norway.

Yeah my read of the op was that the guy was saying white people like cold weather and black people like warm weather which is stereotyping

e: or that that's what it sounded like, based on what the op heard, if he wasn't refering to the white jerseys, etc, etc

mike65

If something racist had been said it would be all over the Politically Correct media in a flash, that I've not heard a peep, nor has anyone else it seems, suggests it didn't happen. Earex is good.

hblock21

I prefer white marshmallows

tolosenc

hblock21 wrote: »

I prefer white marshmallows

Racist.

Poor Uncle Tom

obl wrote: »

Racist.

:eek: Try making smoors from black marshmallows.!

Red_Marauder

Referring to people as blacks or whites is racist? That's crazy, it's just a fact that people can be black or white. I'm pretty sure I've heard Barack Obama use these terms, and he's been something of a racial equality poster-boy for a while. In South Africa, which was referred to in the first post, the terms "blacks", "whites" and "coloureds" are commonplace and completely unrelated to racism in their most basic usage.

Are we supposed to avoid that skin colour exists or something, or that different skin tones react differently to the sunshine

Sofaspud

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

:eek: Try making smoors from black marshmallows.!

Much nicer, when they've been held over a fire for a minute!

Poor Uncle Tom

Sofaspud wrote: »

Much nicer, when they've been held over a fire for a minute!

yeah, on a nice piece of wood and I like mine burned!

ScumLord

You can't be racist against white people. You can call them anything you want.

daveyboy_1ie

Are we supposed to avoid that skin colour exists or something, or that different skin tones react differently to the sunshine

Yes but your missing the point, its only racist when 'us' whites refer to other 'races' (thats another thing that gets me, it should not be racist, it should be creedist, there is only actually one race after all, the human race) refer to any other creed in any way that is even touching on demeaning.

'Racism' is wrong of course, but the do gooders of this world are ruining the real sentiments of the cause against it.

The same thing happens with sexism, women pick and choose when men are being pigs, yet act more laddish nowadays as they can get away with it. It shows when someone like Beyonce can release the most sexist song in pop history that plays on every male stereotype and its actually hailed as a great song(i.e. 'If I was a boy'). People don't listen to lyrics anymore obviosly or they revert back to my original point of picking and choosing when things are sexist :P

Tea_Bag

ScumLord wrote: »

You can't be racist against white people. You can call them anything you want.

you cant call them black.

PCPhoto

Red_Marauder wrote: »

Referring to people as blacks or whites is racist?

especially as they are brown :P and pink

(please dont ban me - just making a bad humoured joke)

stovelid

adamski8 wrote: »

Maybe i heard it wrong because i was half listening but i sounded bad/funny!

You can't talk.

Did Seal ever get his cut of those royalties?

demakinz

Tea_Bag wrote: »

you cant call them black.

i thought my Uncle Tommy was wearing black socks, but when I looked at them closely, they were just very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very dark blue.

genericguy

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

yeah, on a nice piece of wood and I like mine burned!

like on a large burning lower cast letter t?

JerryHandbag

So would it be racist I wonder to refer to those fake tan-clad women as "Orange"? Cos thats what they are. Could have sectarian connotations!

Poor Uncle Tom

demakinz wrote: »

i thought my Uncle Tommy was wearing black socks, but when I looked at them closely, they were just very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very dark blue.

I wear stockings, not socks, dear,

genericguy wrote: »

like on a large burning lower cast letter t?

:eek: I'm telling on you...

nlgbbbblth

Red_Marauder wrote: »

Referring to people as blacks or whites is racist? That's crazy, it's just a fact that people can be black or white. I'm pretty sure I've heard Barack Obama use these terms, and he's been something of a racial equality poster-boy for a while. In South Africa, which was referred to in the first post, the terms "blacks", "whites" and "coloureds" are commonplace and completely unrelated to racism in their most basic usage.

Are we supposed to avoid that skin colour exists or something, or that different skin tones react differently to the sunshine

Calling someone black or white is fine.
"Coloured" is not.

prinz

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Calling someone black or white is fine.
"Coloured" is not.

Have you been to South Africa? They talk about coloureds all the time. That or halfies.

asdasd

You know what bugs me? the ridiculous Americanism Caucasian.

What the F, is a caucasian. it is not even in Europe FFS. Nobody in America, despite a small proportion, are of obviously Caucasian descent. Which is in Asia.

asdasd

coloureds

right, but that is for mixed descent. In American coloured was used for Blacks. Thats worse.

I think.

Four-Percent

asdasd wrote: »

You know what bugs me? the ridiculous Americanism Caucasian.

What the F, is a caucasian. it is not even in Europe FFS.

Wikipedia wrote:

The concept of a Caucasian race or Varietas Caucasia was developed around 1800 by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, a German scientist and classical anthropologist.

Any other "americanisms" that "bug" you?

Hazys

asdasd wrote: »

You know what bugs me? the ridiculous Americanism Caucasian.

What the F, is a caucasian. it is not even in Europe FFS. Nobody in America, despite a small proportion, are of obviously Caucasian descent. Which is in Asia.

Caucasian is a scientific term for white skin, i'm pretty sure we use it in Europe too...or are you hinting that us europeans are not as smart as the those big word using americans?

eigrod

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

yeah, on a nice piece of wood and I like mine burned!

you sure that post wasn't meant for the Sex & Sexuality forum?

asdasd

Any other "americanisms" that "bug" you?

I know who originated it, I also know who uses it now.

Caucasian is a scientific term for white skin,

No it isnt. It is pseduo-scientific.

i'm pretty sure we use it in Europe too.

No, we dont.

Bandit12

ScumLord wrote: »

You can't be racist against white people. You can call them anything you want.

Wigger :pac:

ejmaztec

Hazys wrote: »

Caucasian is a scientific term for white skin, i'm pretty sure we use it in Europe too...or are you hinting that us europeans are not as smart as the those big word using americans?

They didn't have to be smart to nick all our stuff. We should have watched them a little more carefully.:eek:

Crann na Beatha

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pickarooney

asdasd wrote: »

right, but that is for mixed descent. In American coloured was used for Blacks. Thats worse.

I think.

No, in America, 'colored' is used for non-whites, although confusingly whites are not whites if they speak Spanish.

fulhamfanincork

Racism is a bit of a grey area.

MikeC101

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Calling someone black or white is fine.
"Coloured" is not.

As noted by another poster, the NAACP seem ok with it though?

Is "coloured" consider a very offensive term?

It definitely has negative connotations for me, but I don't know exactly how offensive it is.

Edit: That's negative as in people who use the word "coloured" use it in a derogatory way, not that I see people described as coloured in a negative light.

JerryHandbag

Iolar wrote: »

isn't Caucasian derived from the Caucasus?

I thought it was derived from Asians with cocks....hence Cock-asians.:D

me-skywalker

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Calling someone black or white is fine.
"Coloured" is not.

yes it is... ive 'coloured' friends!

asdasd wrote: »

right, but that is for mixed descent. In American coloured was used for Blacks. Thats worse.

I think.

No it wasn and yes it is!

Anyway we are really the coloured ones. This morning i was green gettign sick... and go red with sunburn... also these PC Police are yellow!