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Lovejoy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:00 am That well known egg chasing anthem 'Swing low sweet chariot' is under scrutiny as it was written by a slave.

Then why aren’t we celebrating his creativity?

Disoriented wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:01 am

Lovejoy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:00 am That well known egg chasing anthem 'Swing low sweet chariot' is under scrutiny as it was written by a slave.

Then why aren’t we celebrating his creativity?

It is because different people have different views on it.

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot meaning: What's the history of the song and why is it under review?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment ... -ntp-feeds

LittleMate wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 10:27 am

KC & sunshine band wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:24 pm anything with hugh grant in

Can't agree. You'd be banning The Gentleman and he wasn't half bad in a good movie.

he wasn't half good either

Orient_Man_And_Boy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 4:32 pm OK, the news says that 'Gone With The Wind' is being removed from the playlist for HBO Max because it depicted "ethnic and racial prejudices".

I think this is bonkers but what are your suggestions for other films that should be 'removed'?

Hattie McDaniel was the first black woman in history to win an Oscar for her role as a maid in" Gone with the Wind" .

KC & sunshine band wrote: ↑Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:14 pm

LittleMate wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 10:27 am

KC & sunshine band wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:24 pm anything with hugh grant in

Can't agree. You'd be banning The Gentleman and he wasn't half bad in a good movie.

he wasn't half good either

I thought he was superb as Jeremy Thorpe in the movie about the Norman Scott case - first time I've ever seen him in something and didn't think "that's just Hugh Grant playing.....".

I see that there is a call this morning for The Masters to change its name due to the fact that there used to be slave masters in the Deep South.

Lovejoy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:05 am Uncle Ben's rice packets are the latest thing to be looked at.

Uncle Ben's rice changes name to more 'equitable' brand.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54269358

Any danger we might have to change our club name? I understand that the word "Orient" is offensive to those of Chinese origin.

So they've erased a black guy from their branding and this is good?

Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:41 pm So they've erased a black guy from their branding and this is good?

You do know he wasn't a REAL PERSON don't you ?

"The company asked the head waiter at a fancy Chicago restaurant to pose as the face of the brand."

Wrong, as usual.

Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:52 pm "The company asked the head waiter at a fancy Chicago restaurant to pose as the face of the brand."

Wrong, as usual.

Yes you are wrong as usual aren't you .
Good of you to admit it !!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%27s_Original

"From 1946-2020, Uncle Ben's products carried the image of an elderly African-American man dressed in a bow tie, which is said to have been based on a Chicago maître d'hôtel named Frank Brown.[14][15] According to Mars, Uncle Ben was an African-American rice grower known for the quality of his rice. Gordon L. Harwell, an entrepreneur who had supplied rice to the armed forces in World War II, chose the name Uncle Ben's as a means to expand his marketing efforts to the general public. "

I never said the guy depicted was really named uncle Ben. Don't you know what models are?

You said he was a head waiter !!

A Maitre D ( Master of the house)
is far from a Head Waiter & he would likely take a swing at your
nose for suggesting such an Insult !!

Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:52 pm "The company asked the head waiter at a fancy Chicago restaurant to pose as the face of the brand."

Wrong, as usual.

See

[quote=Orient_Man_And_Boy post_id=116713 time=1591803137 user_id=196]
OK, the news says that 'Gone With The Wind' is being removed from the playlist for HBO Max because it depicted "ethnic and racial prejudices".

I think this is bonkers but what are your suggestions for other films that should be 'removed'?
Men in Black

Which of those have actually been censored?

Lenny Henry Show where he takes the Micky out of black people

Goodness Gracious Me

Citizen Khan

Ali G

Black and White Minstrel Show

Kes

Shawshank Redemption

The Square Peg

Beverley Hills Cop

Look who’s Coming to Dinner

I Spy

Mission Impossible (TV Series)

[quote="KC & sunshine band" post_id=116765 time=1591809884 user_id=1067]
anything with hugh grant in

Spot on , or Steve (unfunny) Cooghan

[quote="Story of O" post_id=116873 time=1591868239 user_id=279]
Where will it end? I expect someone could find offence in most media. Open all Hours, Only Fools and Horses, The Sweeny, Minder. The list is endlesss.


Leave off!

HeyO wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 11:58 amDel was racist?

No way, in all the earliest episodes was always lots of black people drinking in Pub as extras He loved Denzil as well.

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

The Abbey National Adverts with that bloke with glasses , making him look
Foolish