You miss my point entirely. I was referring to examples where the ethnicity or other generic characteristic was not remarkable and where the lazy 'go to' was unhelpful.
Precisely. And that's how progress is made
I'm often silly and stupid but I try to be honest, even with myself. It seems obvious that in a population of around 70M many are going to have views that involve protected characteristics and that ther will be many in positions of influence. We have two people in this case doing this now. Party funding is regularly in the spotlight, SNP recently, and yet nothing really changes. I don't recall this chap being mentioned in the PPE contract debacles, but that's my point.The bigger question? Bigger than racism? Bigger than hundreds of millions of pounds in HMG contracts being awarded in return for a ten million pound political donation?
And you think that nobody would have noticed the graft had the racism hadn't come to light? Maybe you're right.
However if you think "He's a silly man who said a silly thing about a silly woman" then I'm going to call you silly.
Which in this context, as defined by you, means racist ****
Just to clarify in case your post is misinterpreted- it would be offensive to call any one Afro-Caribbean unless they had an Afro-Carribean heritage/identity. Ie they are of African heritage but come from the Caribbean. I don’t know many A-Cs but do know a few and they say the majority of black people in the Caribbean don’t consider themselves black.
) - not only do they strongly self-identify as ‘Black’ ( even though they are mixed race ) but would be offended if people circumvented mentioning their colour as if it were the elephant in the room. (We talk about a lot of ‘Black’ and ‘Jewish’ in our family 
.)
Last week it was Anderson this week its a donor, they won't call it out, the R word is off limits. They are terrified if they do call it out more voters will go to Reform.
On a recent panel show Julian Clary described himself as "a comedian and renowned homosexual". That will do for me.Like with all issues in conversations, take the time to avoid acting on assumptions. With respect to 'colour', why call someone anything?
I can imagine a situation where you are chatting with a black person about Ian Wright, and they haven't heard of Ian Wright, and you then might start worrying whether you should say 'you know, the black ex footballer on the telly' or 'the coloured (etc.)
Except . . . if the black person you were talking to doesn't know who Ian Wright is, pontificating about Wright's 'colour' won't clarify the issue, will it?
So the need to invoke 'colour' or ethnicity or sexual orientation doesn't in fact often exist.
Julian Clary. The tall elegant and arch comedian who used to perform with fanny the dog? Or the gay comedian. Which description is the more recognizable? More to the point, which 'identifier' do you feel the need to reach for first?
I have tried an interesting exercise of selecting a description that does not reach for what I might have reached for first back in the 1960s. Former Palace cup finalist who went on to be an Arsenal legend and then a TV pundit with occasional appearances on MOTD. Glasses.
Sinister labour spin doctor who declared he is 'not a quitter' when he became Hartlepool MP.
Labour MP who lost the whip after downgrading anti-gypsy prejudice as not as serious as anti-black prejudice
If you are in a genuine quandary, why not just think a bit more before you open your gob? It' isn't rocket science
(Coloured became a rather twee eye-roll-inducing term many years ago. The actor Cumberbach was moved to apologize after using the term some years ago. Things move on. That's the way of things).
There are many support groups within the police forces. Black, Jewish, Women, Pagan, Muslim, Disabled etc Is that a problem?
www.joiningthepolice.co.uk
No - absolutely not if all "minorities" within the police have a support organisation.There are many support groups within the police forces. Black, Jewish, Women, Pagan, Muslim, Disabled etc Is that a problem?
Police officer support organisations
A number of support organisations exist to ensure our police forces are representative of communities. Find out how they promote diversity and inclusion.
That is false.
www.theguardian.com
I just looked it up. Throughout the run of the play, there were just two nights where black people were invited to attend 17th July and 17th September, all the other nights were available to anyone, but even on those nights, nobody would be turned away. It was about slavery.
www.independent.co.uk
No not a problem. That’s what I said I can understand it .There are many support groups within the police forces. Black, Jewish, Women, Pagan, Muslim, Disabled etc Is that a problem?
Police officer support organisations
A number of support organisations exist to ensure our police forces are representative of communities. Find out how they promote diversity and inclusion.
That could be interpreted as a little passive aggressive at the idea that a play would be presented to a black audience or Blacks don’t have a need/right to share experiences of being a black policeman or just having a space to enjoy shared cultural or social interests.
www.timeout.com
Only if you are able to stuff millions of pounds in the gobs of the powerful to prevent any adverse outcome
It's not quite a simple as this as some deem the name unacceptable. Given you now know this, will you continue with the knowledge that some people might be offended...or use another term which causes no offence?
Not as refreshing and direct as "fisting Norman Lamont".On a recent panel show Julian Clary described himself as "a comedian and renowned homosexual". That will do for me.
And Fanny was "the wonder dog"
Apologies. I've gone a bit OT but it's your fault mentioning Clary! I found his description of himself wonderfully amusing and refreshingly frank and direct.
That, I think, is where the anti-racists (with the best intentions) are storing up problems. Treating black people as a different caste from white people is not going to help.
