Now it's the Oscars!

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Re: Now it's the Oscars!

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Spooky wrote:As a man of colour, I see the need to keep highlighting the equality of minorities..............
Used to be blacks objected to being called "coloured" and preferred "black".
That horrible, insulting term that I hate - "nigga" was then "re-claimed" by a lot of blacks who would call everybody "nigga", including whites. :?
Now it seems "black" or "coloured" is no longer acceptable and should be replaced by the term "person of colour". Wtf is that all about? :|

Wish they'd make their minds up ffs.

Im white, always been white and I expect thats not gonna change. :D

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Re: Now it's the Oscars!

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armchair wrote:
Spooky wrote:As a man of colour, I see the need to keep highlighting the equality of minorities..............
Used to be blacks objected to being called "coloured" and preferred "black".
That horrible, insulting term that I hate - "nigga" was then "re-claimed" by a lot of blacks who would call everybody "nigga", including whites. :?
Now it seems "black" or "coloured" is no longer acceptable and should be replaced by the term "person of colour". Wtf is that all about? :|

Wish they'd make their minds up ffs.

Im white, always been white and I expect thats not gonna change. :D

I suspect you're actually a pinky colour, so how come you're not offended being lumped in together with other pinky coloured people?
I bet somebody would object if we called ourselves Aryan.

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Re: Now it's the Oscars!

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GranadaJoe wrote:
armchair wrote:
Spooky wrote:As a man of colour, I see the need to keep highlighting the equality of minorities..............
Used to be blacks objected to being called "coloured" and preferred "black".
That horrible, insulting term that I hate - "nigga" was then "re-claimed" by a lot of blacks who would call everybody "nigga", including whites. :?
Now it seems "black" or "coloured" is no longer acceptable and should be replaced by the term "person of colour". Wtf is that all about? :|

Wish they'd make their minds up ffs.

Im white, always been white and I expect thats not gonna change. :D

I suspect you're actually a pinky colour so how come you're not offended being lumped in together with other pinky coloured people?
I bet somebody would object if we called ourselves Aryan.
Racist! :censored:
:wink: :D

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arseofacrow wrote:Can you imagine a black Doctor Who? That fucker would not be able to go back to any point in history.

One episode and that'd be it.

:shock: :o :lol:
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StuartL wrote:What I want to know is why aren't there any English actor's in Bollywood ??

We need answers.....
You mean other nations and cultures make films??? How did the Academy allow this to happen?

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Nos89 wrote:
StuartL wrote:What I want to know is why aren't there any English actor's in Bollywood ??

We need answers.....
You mean other nations and cultures make films??? How did the Academy allow this to happen?
They took their eye off the ball. :lol: :wink:

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Now "The Brits" are apparently racist, with a #Britstoowhite,and some guy from So Solid Crew on the Victoria Derbyshire show this morning saying that Black artists are being oppressed by the white elite. Nobody mentioned the MOBO,(music of black origin),awards.....are they racist?

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Rugby Gooner wrote:Now "The Brits" are apparently racist, with a #Britstoowhite,and some guy from So Solid Crew on the Victoria Derbyshire show this morning saying that Black artists are being oppressed by the white elite. Nobody mentioned the MOBO,(music of black origin),awards.....are they racist?


No they're not. This was adequately explained earlier in the thread.

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Red Snapper wrote:
Rugby Gooner wrote:Now "The Brits" are apparently racist, with a #Britstoowhite,and some guy from So Solid Crew on the Victoria Derbyshire show this morning saying that Black artists are being oppressed by the white elite. Nobody mentioned the MOBO,(music of black origin),awards.....are they racist?


No they're not. This was adequately explained earlier in the thread.
I bet those awards must confuse the fuck out of who anyone is Deaf and Black ...... edit.....I mean Deaf and a Person Of Colour. :?

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Rugby Gooner wrote:Now "The Brits" are apparently racist, with a #Britstoowhite,and some guy from So Solid Crew on the Victoria Derbyshire show this morning saying that Black artists are being oppressed by the white elite. Nobody mentioned the MOBO,(music of black origin),awards.....are they racist?
I'm struggling to think of anything that could be of less cultural significance.

Louis Walsh piping out a coil live on This Morning would be of more import, mate.

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Re: Now it's the Oscars!

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armchair wrote:
Spooky wrote:As a man of colour, I see the need to keep highlighting the equality of minorities..............
Used to be blacks objected to being called "coloured" and preferred "black".
That horrible, insulting term that I hate - "nigga" was then "re-claimed" by a lot of blacks who would call everybody "nigga", including whites. :?
Now it seems "black" or "coloured" is no longer acceptable and should be replaced by the term "person of colour". Wtf is that all about? :|

Wish they'd make their minds up ffs.

Im white, always been white and I expect thats not gonna change. :D
:rubchin: :rubchin: :rubchin:

Okay, so Stevie Wonder is 'Black' / 'a person of colour' - but being blind I wonder what all this means to him? :?

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