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Originally Posted by Jamroll
Also, maybe it's a lost-in-translation kinda thing, but one thing everyone should know is that in this day and age, you cannot call Black and Asian people "coloured" without coming off as racist:
The correct term is to call them "ethnic minorities", or to call them "black". Yes, as strange as it may seem to some, it is acceptable to call Asians and blacks, "black" when referring to them as a group, but definitely not "coloured".
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I responded in kind.
Originally Posted by Bluestar
He encouraged immigration, he spent two years in India, if he was so conscious about cultural differences he would have been better prepared for the outcomes and not turned on the immigrants as soon as he found out he was wrong. He was against Sikh people wearing turbans and said they should assimilate into the British culture. Again, "the immigrants need to be civilised" attitude. I don't see why calling for better healthcare instead of blaming it on the
brown and black people is a silly comment.
As a general comment I consider these PC taboos cause racism, what the hell is wrong with brown, it's just a colour as is white and black.