Saturday, 6 November 2021
Shallowly concerning
Equality and Human Rights Commission to investigate whether 'deeply concerning' incidents of racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club were illegal
The commission has written to the club "to ask for more information, including a full copy of their investigation report, to determine if there has been a breach of the law".
It's a pity we don't have a cliché to be used as an alternative to 'deeply concerning'. Something where the level of concern is not particularly deep. Only ankle deep perhaps. I'd suggest 'shallowly concerning', but somehow I don't think the media would run with it.
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"to determine if there has been a breach of the law" or if there is some other way we can escalate a snowflake's whinge into a headline grabber to our own benefit.
Jannie - yes that's what it is about - a headline grabber. Escalate everything we can possibly escalate is the policy.
I understand that the objection was to the use of the word "Paki". When I first met that word I lived in Edinburgh. The word meant a corner shop. The origin of the usage is obvious but I never did hear the word applied to a person, only to businesses. Perhaps I led a charmed life.
But it does make me reflect. I can't remember having a single Pakistani friend. Indians - of course. Chinese - ditto. Moslems - yes, two Palestinians, an Indonesian, and a Malaysian. Blacks - yup. A Thai. Even Australians. But no-one from Pakistan. What conclusion do I draw? Dunno.
It's true that I'm using "friend" in a rather American sense - 'acquaintances with whom I was on friendly terms' might be more accurate. But even in a more British sense of "friend" my friends have included Indians, Chinese, and whatnot.
dearieme - I don't remember hearing the word much at all, although it may have been associated with corner shops when we lived in Coventry for a few years in the seventies. In later years I remember an Indian colleague being very uncomplimentary about those corner shops.
It all comes down to good manners. If I have reservations about a particular group I will try not to let that show in their presence. Yes, I have my prejudices and am aware that my opinions could be hurtful. My father taught me that if I can't say something good then say nothing. Sadly, good manners are a distant memory.
Andy - yes good manners are important. Context matters too. Some things can be said as a joke within one context but not in others. Context can be misread too.
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