If criticising someone on the grounds of their ethnicity isn’t racism, then what is it?

So, every light-hearted remark or joke about Jews, Muslims, Irish, Chinese, Pakistanis, Indians, blacks, yellows and whatever else is now racist is it? Well, yes, in 2010 I think it probably is, but that is the PC world we now sadly live in. I don’t recall any fuss about it 40 years ago nor do I recall any upwelling of deeply offended individuals of any ethic type.

In fact so far has it gone that I think people have a legal right to feel aggrieved if they are criticised for being too fat, too thin, too short, too tall, and so on.

Only to those who would seek to justify it, IMHO.

The Cambridge Online Dictionary defines “racism” as “the belief that people’s qualities are influenced by their race and that the members of other races are not as good as the members of your own, or the resulting unfair treatment of members of other races“.

Seems perfectly clear to me.

The way “race” has become to be defined produces confusion and is a grey area, forgive the pun.

“…the resulting unfair treatment of members of other races” is open to totally subjective judgement and what is unfair to one may be perfectly fair to another. The fact that criticism of anyone on the grounds of their ethnicity is deemed racist is utterly ludicrous.

I wish the whole subject was as clear as the dictionary definition. But unfortunately definitions as loose as that result in interpretation.

I haven’t seen the film so cannot comment directly but hasn’t “racism” and “racist” taken on a whole new raft of meaning in recent years? So much so that the significance of the terms has been reduced.

I’d rather not see either………….

Here’s another vote for rugger – never really enjoyed soccer and started playing rugger at 10/11 and never looked back. I no longer enjoy watching as much as I used to -playing days long since behind me – there is less open play and less fluency, but it still beats soccer hands down, for me.

Need you ask?;)

Yup, I think you are right about that……………

I suppose it depends on your belief or otherwise in UFOs. The all to brief footage makes no connection between the two aircraft and the black disc and it’s far to brief to form any considered judgement about it.