Geezertronic
Established Member
i happened to catch part of Maajid Nawaz's LBC show on Saturday afternoon (as the father in law has LBC on in the background) and he was discussing the case of a senior Met police officer who used the phrase "whiter than white" in a briefing about the need to be faultless and above reproach in carrying out inquiries, and he was reported for using racist language.
Maajid Nawaz was vehemently of the opinion that the context of the phrase negates any racist intent, my point of view is the same in that it is ridiculous to suggest the comment has any racist undertones. He also said that officers are discouraged from using the phrase "good egg" apparently due to the rhyming slang of egg and spoon which is also ridiculous because of the context.
Also, how far do we go? Maajid used the examples of whether Darth Vader was racist for turning to the dark side, black lists etc... so where do we draw the line?
Seems like the word "racist" is becoming a default position when some people are offended rather than it's intended use
Maajid Nawaz was vehemently of the opinion that the context of the phrase negates any racist intent, my point of view is the same in that it is ridiculous to suggest the comment has any racist undertones. He also said that officers are discouraged from using the phrase "good egg" apparently due to the rhyming slang of egg and spoon which is also ridiculous because of the context.
Also, how far do we go? Maajid used the examples of whether Darth Vader was racist for turning to the dark side, black lists etc... so where do we draw the line?
Seems like the word "racist" is becoming a default position when some people are offended rather than it's intended use