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pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
edited September 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I heard today that you are not able to call a simple black-board a black-board anymore, because of its racial connotations. It must be called a chalk board. I'm sorry but this is ridiculous. And yet a White board remains a white board. Not that I care, and nor do I feel offended by a white board being called a white board but I must ask, are white people being discriminated against here?? Thoughts?
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  • lalalalaaaaaaaalalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    pjfan31 wrote:
    I heard today that you are not able to call a simple black-board a black-board anymore
    lol where the hell did you hear that?
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    Saturnal wrote:
    lol where the hell did you hear that?

    I'm studying primary education, and in my tutorial today some one asked the tutor. We had a good laugh about it, but it really is ridiculous.

    Fairy penguins are no longer fairy penguins because homosexuals are offended by it. And the list can go on.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    at Christmas we arent allowed to put up FAIRY LIGHTS!!!! anymore... well we are... but we have to call them poof lanterns.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    dunkman wrote:
    at Christmas we arent allowed to put up FAIRY LIGHTS!!!! anymore... well we are... but we have to call them poof lanterns.

    Haha. We used to have biscuits in Australia called gollywogs. They were chocolate biscuits shaped as a little man with an Afro. They looked like Michael Jackson from the Jackson 5 days. They are now called Scallywags. Now that I understand.
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  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    "Timmy, come up to the nigger board and write down the following sentence."

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  • stu geestu gee Posts: 1,174
    pjfan31 wrote:
    I heard today that you are not able to call a simple black-board a black-board anymore, because of its racial connotations. It must be called a chalk board. I'm sorry but this is ridiculous. And yet a White board remains a white board. Not that I care, and nor do I feel offended by a white board being called a white board but I must ask, are white people being discriminated against here?? Thoughts?

    Id imagine the vast majority of black people couldnt care less if it was called a blackboard. The media have no doubt blown some minor incidents where over sensitive black people have complained about something like that out of proportion.
    People say im paranoid. Well, they dont say it, but i know that's what they are thinking.
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    stu gee wrote:
    Id imagine the vast majority of black people couldnt care less if it was called a blackboard. The media have no doubt blown some minor incidents where over sensitive black people have complained about something like that out of proportion.

    Who makes these connexions? Who thinks about race when they hear the word "black board"?




    I'll tell you: idiots :D
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  • tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    From what I remember our blackboards in elementary school were all green. That always confused me.
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    From what I remember our blackboards in elementary school were all green. That always confused me.

    They called them blackboards so they wouldn't offend frogs.
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  • tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    blackredyellow wrote:
    They called them blackboards so they wouldn't offend frogs.
    Why would french people be offended by the term greenboard?
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    For now on, every time someone complains about political correctness I'm going to refer them to this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K21e7po1Sro
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    Political correctness is really over the top in the school system.

    When I was in High School they revamped the entire classification of the classes offered. It used to be Basic - Regular -Advanced.

    So they had say: Basic Chemistry, Regular Chemistry (that was just called Chemistry) and Advanced Chemistry. So each child was places in a class depending on their level, and past experience. So it freaked parents our in my overly PC school district and they had big meetings, and eventually the school district agreed that it was harmful to the students to hear that they were in "basic" level anything, and that it labeled them as less smart etc.

    So their new classification was "Chemistry - Accelerated Chemistry - Honors Chemistry" So basically, everything was the same class, but the students who "Accelerated" before the title of their class. And the kids who were in the basic remedial class were supposed to feel smarter because apparently they were in the "regular" class now. Only we all knew what they did, and no one ever thought they were actually in some big old accelerated class when they weren't. Such a fuss over normal life.


    I was also told that during my internship in actual schools I will be referred to as Ms. instead of Mrs. because there are women in the schools that are sensitive about not being married yet, so everyone is Ms. to not point out who is married and who is not. WTF? :confused:
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    GraySaturday wrote:
    Political correctness is really over the top in the school system.

    When I was in High School they revamped the entire classification of the classes offered. It used to be Basic - Regular -Advanced.

    So they had say: Basic Chemistry, Regular Chemistry (that was just called Chemistry) and Advanced Chemistry. So each child was places in a class depending on their level, and past experience. So it freaked parents our in my overly PC school district and they had big meetings, and eventually the school district agreed that it was harmful to the students to hear that they were in "basic" level anything, and that it labeled them as less smart etc.

    So their new classification was "Chemistry - Accelerated Chemistry - Honors Chemistry" So basically, everything was the same class, but the students who "Accelerated" before the title of their class. And the kids who were in the basic remedial class were supposed to feel smarter because apparently they were in the "regular" class now. Only we all knew what they did, and no one ever thought they were actually in some big old accelerated class when they weren't. Such a fuss over normal life.


    I was also told that during my internship in actual schools I will be referred to as Ms. instead of Mrs. because there are women in the schools that are sensitive about not being married yet, so everyone is Ms. to not point out who is married and who is not. WTF? :confused:


    oh for fucks sake!!! the blackboard thing is stupid but not a big deal but MS?!?! c'mon sarah you made that one up.....right?....tell me you made that up before i go on a killing spree :eek: :mad:
  • comebackwomancomebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    pjfan31 wrote:
    I heard today that you are not able to call a simple black-board a black-board anymore, because of its racial connotations. It must be called a chalk board. I'm sorry but this is ridiculous. And yet a White board remains a white board. Not that I care, and nor do I feel offended by a white board being called a white board but I must ask, are white people being discriminated against here?? Thoughts?
    That is so ridiculous. I agree - completely over the top. The board actually is black (unless it's green) :p But not being able to say the word black implies that there's something wrong with it - which is probably the complete opposite of the intended effect.
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  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    cutback wrote:
    oh for fucks sake!!! the blackboard thing is stupid but not a big deal but MS?!?! c'mon sarah you made that one up.....right?....tell me you made that up before i go on a killing spree :eek: :mad:

    haha! No, seriously, thats what they said!!

    I wonder if I am going to have to take my wedding ring off to not offend any of the old spinsters.

    hahaha!
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    pjfan31 wrote:
    I heard today that you are not able to call a simple black-board a black-board anymore, because of its racial connotations. It must be called a chalk board. I'm sorry but this is ridiculous. And yet a White board remains a white board. Not that I care, and nor do I feel offended by a white board being called a white board but I must ask, are white people being discriminated against here?? Thoughts?

    I call white boards, "cracker boards" and so far no white people have complained. Of course, I'm not a teacher...
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  • angie76angie76 Posts: 646
    pjfan31 wrote:
    I heard today that you are not able to call a simple black-board a black-board anymore, because of its racial connotations. It must be called a chalk board. I'm sorry but this is ridiculous. And yet a White board remains a white board. Not that I care, and nor do I feel offended by a white board being called a white board but I must ask, are white people being discriminated against here?? Thoughts?

    LOL..that is ridiculous. I would think a white board should be called a chalk board too.
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  • JamilyManJamilyMan Posts: 240
    To add to this...

    The gifted program in my daughter's school does not refer to itself as the gifted program anymore, as they need to point out that all children are gifted in their own way. Instead, they call it resource.

    To me, that implies kids who need added help for reasons other than being advanced learners.

    Yes, all kids are indeed gifted and special... but I just felt like that was a little over the top. Not that the other examples in this thread aren't!
    For those who scoff at "Jamily" in my name... 9 years ago, when my first daughter was born there were jokes about whether my priority would be my family or PJ. I smiled and quipped "I am a JamilyMan." What was a family joke became a hated term among jammers. Didn't see that one coming!
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    I have to complain with my son's school about their stubborn referring to their boards as "smart". Surely that's discriminatory!
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • prytocorduroyprytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc1zGRUPztc&feature=related
    You've got to be joking right?????

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-akk3gog34&feature=related
    Nope... :rolleyes:
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    danny72688 wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc1zGRUPztc&feature=related
    You've got to be joking right?????

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-akk3gog34&feature=related
    Nope... :rolleyes:

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  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    That dude is sick in the head. Get a fuckin' life
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  • catch22catch22 Posts: 1,081
    my girlfriend works in textbook publishing and it is apparently policy that there can be no pictures of zebras in textbooks. the black and white stripes apparently spur all kinds of racism in children. :rolleyes:

    we're really failing to address the problem here. kids will be kids, they'll say mean things and reflect prejudices they see in their home. by trying to hide it and not discuss it except in some sanctimonious lecture doesn't achieve anything. kids don't learn abstractly. they learn by experience. if some kid makes a stupid remark, the teacher should call them on it and have them explain. they need to see the injustice of it and feel the embarrassment to learn how inappropriate it is. and it will work.

    personal story: in high school we had this physics competition thing and teams were red, blue, and white. i cracked a joke about one kid not being white team material. it was intended to be a bard about their physics knowledge. he was about the only black kid in the school though. i've never felt so embarrassed. THAT is what kids need to learn about this sort of thing. not absurdly removing anything that might evoke a stupid remark from a kid who didn't think things through. we don't have enough humiliation and embarrassment in schools anymore.
    and like that... he's gone.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    this forum is full of it...
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    You know the only thing worse than people who are so politically correct that they get offended on behalf of everyone and everything? People who make out like political correctness is the most terrible thing imaginable. Christ, doesn't it really suck that we can't even call black people "coons" any more? :rolleyes:

    Presumably most sane people would agree that silly things like the renaming of black boards are balanced out by the fact that the world is progressively moving away from, y'know, slavery and lynching and the holocaust n' shit.
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