Words 'Citizen' and 'brown bag' potentially offensive

or so thinks Seattles Office of Civil rights.



Someone from the Office of Civil rights says that in the past, brown bags have been used to determine whether a persons skin colour was light enough..

I have never heard that the term brown bag could be used offensively.


cant turn sideways for offending anyone these days

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/02/seattle-officials-call-for-ban-on-potentially-offensive-language/#ixzz2aoZUbQgH

magick

more PC madness

Shams

Shams wrote: »

more PC madness

I agree, never heard that term be considered offensive before either

kneemos

Lunch and learn?They've completely lost it.

policarp

Brown bag has a totally different meaning in Ireland. . .

Sunnyisland

policarp wrote: »

Brown bag has a totally different meaning in Ireland. . .

Heroin

Sh1tbag OToole

Great so I wont be able to wear my watch or buy anything in a shop that might come with a paper bag without offending anyone

this really is political correctness gone mad.

realies

realies wrote: »

Heroin

really, realies??
hm, brown bag always referred to a homemade sandwich to me

ah, me innocence

Sh1tbag OToole

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Great so I wont be able to wear my watch or buy anything in a shop that might come with a paper bag without offending anyone

this really is political correctness gone mad.

No, you cant, you might offend the ''Residents...''

Miss Lockhart

Bloomingdales are gonna have to rebrand so.

major bill

It's always some white person that brings this **** in.

I'd love to know how many complaints went in about the word brown bag been used.

Frank Lee Midere

Actually the residents rather than citizens argument makes sense from a factual point of view. The brown bag story is probably horlicks.

Sigourney

Miss Lockhart wrote: »

Bloomingdales are gonna have to rebrand so.

'Big brown bag.' Sizeist, innit.

Sigourney

Sigourney wrote: »

'Big brown bag.' Sizeist, innit.

they better not rebrand it Big White bag, i'll be seriously offended.

Sunnyisland

Jake1 wrote: »

really, realies??
hm, brown bag always referred to a homemade sandwich to me

ah, me innocence

Well brown is heroin and its bagged Depends I suppose in what area,s you ask

Sunnyisland

What white bag mean.....cocaine....

Nodin

Jake1 wrote: »

or so thinks Seattles Office of Civil rights.

...claims Fox news.

Nodin

Nodin wrote: »

...claims Fox news.

So reports Fox news, as reported by the radio station who aired the interview

heres the interview if youd like to listen. Apperently, the memo was sent around in order to make people aware of terms they use. They were just 'suggestions'


http://mynorthwest.com/76/2326254/Brown-bag-and-citizen-too-offensive-for-use-in-Seattle

Cee-Jay-Cee

What about a brown envelope?

Duggy747

When I hear brown bag I think of a raggedy hobo with fingerless gloves drinking some booze from it under an arch or a doorway....

..........or a hippy in Galway.

CJC999

CJC999 wrote: »

What about a brown envelope?

depends whats in it.

NoCrackHaving

To be fair, the US has its fair share of this sort of rubbish for whatever reason. Has there ever actually been a complaint about the word brown bag? I mean it's a bag and it's brown, what else do you call it? It's like saying you can't call snow white or something (*please no science, not the point).

Demonique

The first thing I thought when I saw the title of the tread was how some kids put dog ****e into a brown bag, put it on someone's porch, set it on fire and then run away