Pretty much. Sexism is shit, innit?
Has political correctness actually gone mad?
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It should be taboo but it should be taboo for both sexes not just okay for one and not okay for the other.
Agree, but she was still probably the best known female tennis player for two to three years. I was around 15 when she was at her peak
Apparently reverse sexism isn't a thing, because the patriarchy still control society.
In reality reverse sexism isn't real because, well it's just sexism, whichever gender it's against.
Agree, but she was still probably the best known female tennis player for two to three years. I was around 15 when she was at her peak
Me to, what a time to be alive!
I've never seen 'em described like that before.
I remember doing work experience at General Accident and one of the blokes there was going on and on about how he'd recorded Kournikova v Hingis at Wimbledon that afternoon. He was practically climaxing just at the prospect of his evening viewing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-35920482
Might not be quite the right thread but seems fitting as it's moaning for a ridiculous reason as if people who aren't offended are supposed to care. At the end of the day, the boots are going to be sold to raise money.
Might not be quite the right thread but seems fitting as it's moaning for a ridiculous reason as if people who aren't offended are supposed to care. At the end of the day, the boots are going to be sold to raise money.
People trying to find offence in everything, even charitable donations now.
http://news.sky.com/video/1669630/student-confronted-over-dreadlocks
Some guy in San Francisco being confronted over having dreadlocks as she believed it to be part of her heritage and culture even though dreadlocks can be traced back to ancient Greece.
Some guy in San Francisco being confronted over having dreadlocks as she believed it to be part of her heritage and culture even though dreadlocks can be traced back to ancient Greece.
That story went viral yesterday and I wanted to post it here but didn't think it counted as political correctness gone mad. Cultural appropriation is stupid, its what white nationalists have advocated for years; and what is anybody's culture anyway? its not such a rigid thing.
If you want to fight racism, I'm not sure white guys with dreads are the place to start.
She clearly wants to feck him. Old dreadlocks over there couldn't have played it worse.
Racism is Racism. When someone says you can't do something based on your colour it's wrong.
They can also be traced back to crusty stoners.
Hope the woman gets booted out for being a racist. Especially after physically restraining him just because he is white.
He should of had a go at her for culturally appropriating her style of clothes from Europeans.
wtf is that circle meant to represent?
Oh c´mon, we´ve all wanted to see some white dreaded cuntwaffle get a proper blocking like that. But this woman would've been better served having a go at all the African American women being a slave to their own hair with hair irons and whatnot.
not only are they culturally appropriating non African style of hair but they're actually physically appropriating some woman's REAL HAIR!
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Bloody 'hard left' utopia. Nick come back to the right.
Seemingly, one has to first nod in agreement before flipping the bird at these meetings.
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I do wonder if some of this safe space stuff is made up, its ridiculous how easy it is to break the rules or offend somebody. I think university experience differs greatly to the norm now; in close to six years at University in two countries, I've never once experienced a safe space or a trigger warning.
That does read like an April Fools or an Onion piece. But it's 3rd of April, and in Telegraph...so, just...
(Camille Paglia)
A mate of mine (who's black FWIW) just posted a status about there being a news report on Justin Beiber's new hair which said it's disrespectful and harmful to others (it's short dreads). He ended his status with "WHO GIVES A feck !!! Jesus Christ, no one batted an eye lid when sasha fierce went and got her hair straightened"
An excellent point
An excellent point
Oh, right, Beyonce.
Well, if you're going to do down the appropriation result, white people appropriating black culture is not the same as the reverse, so it's not really an excellent point.
Why is that?
Because the power dynamic between black and white culture isn't equal in the US. The white majority have oppressed black people for centuries, so then to turn around and adopt say, their hairstyles, which have historically been ridiculed, isn't quite the same as Beyonce straightening her hair, which is more like assimilation. There's plenty of articles out there that can explain it more eloquently than that.
I don't think Bieber get dreads is a massive deal but it's definitely different from Beyonce straightening her hair and I'm not going to tell a black person not to get offended by it.
Yeah, wut?
That's a rubbish way to look at it. You're essentially saying, like many before you, that it's ok to be racist to white people by covering it with a guilt trip about something that's nothing to do with individuals in this day and age.
To be in favour of people kicking off about it is holding everyone back. But damn, people like to be mad at stuff that supposedly affects them, even if it's doing more harm than good.
And I'm not even going to get into dreadlocks not actually originating from black culture. Looks like that's already been done here anyway.
A belated if random question: has this thread discussed the whole sombrero issue?
Is that like the Indian headdress and (the other kind of Indian) bindi thing? Which are apparently hugely offensive for absolutely no reason other than someone got angry about it then some others jumped on the bandwagon.
Oh well if you say so.