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 eritheagle  Erith 24 Jul 22 7.58am |
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Wokeness in advertising has got so bad now that it's got to the point that I was shocked when I saw an advert for VISA on the side of a bus stop and it featured Lucy Bronze and 2 other white female footballers!
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| Badger11 Beckenham 24 Jul 22 7.59am |
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Originally posted by Dubai Eagle
There's a bit in the Daily Mail today saying that the woke brigade want archaeologist's that unearth human remains / skeleton's to stop labelling them as either male or female on the basis that there is no evidence as to what that person "identified as" when it was alive, also calling for them to stop labelling skeletons as having skin of a specific colour as it promotes a kind of table of supremacy. Fine so if they uncover a female leader / warrior who appears to be black we will just refer to them as a skeleton of a tribal leader? No? didn't think so, they would be trumpeting that from the rooftops. It's just nonsense and I suspect that the people who actually do this work will ignore it. We can learn a great deal about a society from these graves why airbrush it.
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| Dubai Eagle 24 Jul 22 8.19am |
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I saw an article couple days ago written by someone complaining that women's football (specifically the English national team) was too white & because there weren't enough coloured role models in the team / squad it was crushing the dreams of the next generation. Originally posted by eritheagle
Wokeness in advertising has got so bad now that it's got to the point that I was shocked when I saw an advert for VISA on the side of a bus stop and it featured Lucy Bronze and 2 other white female footballers!
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| Dubai Eagle 24 Jul 22 8.22am |
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You can just imagine some crusty old archaeologist with about 60 years experience of digging up remains reading that...... Doesn't take a rocket scientist to know what he would be thinking. Originally posted by Badger11
Fine so if they uncover a female leader / warrior who appears to be black we will just refer to them as a skeleton of a tribal leader? No? didn't think so, they would be trumpeting that from the rooftops. It's just nonsense and I suspect that the people who actually do this work will ignore it. We can learn a great deal about a society from these graves why airbrush it.
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| eritheagle Erith 24 Jul 22 8.37am |
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Originally posted by Dubai Eagle
I saw an article couple days ago written by someone complaining that women's football (specifically the English national team) was too white & because there weren't enough coloured role models in the team / squad it was crushing the dreams of the next generation. The bbc did a feature on it the other night where Alex Scott (who else?!) went and met a young black lady who said it wasn't inspiring her to see no black players in first 11. I think it said more about her than anything else. I don't have any problem with people of colour inspiring me whether it be footballers, boxers, musicians etc.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 24 Jul 22 8.43am |
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Originally posted by Dubai Eagle
You can just imagine some crusty old archaeologist with about 60 years experience of digging up remains reading that...... Doesn't take a rocket scientist to know what he would be thinking. It's amazing what they can discover. I read a book recently about a Viking burial ground near York and how they worked out that the Vikings were using the silk route to China to trade all based on some beads.
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| Dubai Eagle 24 Jul 22 8.46am |
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I think a lot of it is more the way that journalism works these days - look at anything where there might be some interest (someone might want to read about it) is it well represented by the various diversity groups ? if not run a story on it claiming that its deficient in its outlook towards those groups. Someone somewhere is upset & must be offended & someone somewhere should be burnt at the stake / help accountable. Originally posted by eritheagle
The bbc did a feature on it the other night where Alex Scott (who else?!) went and met a young black lady who said it wasn't inspiring her to see no black players in first 11. I think it said more about her than anything else. I don't have any problem with people of colour inspiring me whether it be footballers, boxers, musicians etc.
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| YT Oxford 24 Jul 22 8.52am |
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Originally posted by Badger11
They did a stage play which then turned into the TV remake. However it didn't work because the casting of the original was perfect. Like the remake of Porridge some shows are just so iconic because of the cast. You could never replace John Cleese in Fawlty Towers or Warren Mitchell as Alf Garnet. Sometimes it is just better to leave well along and come up with something original. And don't even get me started on the remake of 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'. I like Martin Clunes and I like Fay Ripley, but, in summary, it was a travesty!
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| YT Oxford 24 Jul 22 8.55am |
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Originally posted by eritheagle
The bbc did a feature on it the other night where Alex Scott (who else?!) went and met a young black lady who said it wasn't inspiring her to see no black players in first 11. I think it said more about her than anything else. I don't have any problem with people of colour inspiring me whether it be footballers, boxers, musicians etc. Indeed. If you think about it, we are very close to a position where Crystal Palace could be accused of failing to inspire white kids.
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| Dubai Eagle 24 Jul 22 8.57am |
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Couldn't imagine only fools & horses with anyone else in the starring roles - ok they had a few different actors playing grandad but Delboy, Rodney & even Micky Pearce would be difficult to recast. Originally posted by YT
And don't even get me started on the remake of 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'. I like Martin Clunes and I like Fay Ripley, but, in summary, it was a travesty!
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| Dubai Eagle 24 Jul 22 8.59am |
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Many a true word spoken in jest. Originally posted by YT
Indeed. If you think about it, we are very close to a position where Crystal Palace could be accused of failing to inspire white kids.
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| eritheagle Erith 24 Jul 22 9.07am |
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Originally posted by YT
Indeed. If you think about it, we are very close to a position where Crystal Palace could be accused of failing to inspire white kids. I await the bbc reporting this!
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