political correctness gone overbored?

Question

Is it just me or has political correctness limited our rights as Brits?
According to the government it is racist to say "Blackboard" and "Whiteboard"????????
Does anyone else think this is crazy?

Answer 1

this is not something that is just in GB no its in Canada and most of the western world .
what it really is a well planned reduction in the freedom of speech and really all freedom including thought .
you see if the movement focused on the minority groups to do this they would run around and jump up and down and well you know what they do.
but the majority we just sit still and think oh dear the government is right its not fair to identify a murder suspect as being black . instead we should just say be on the look out for a man who is
oh we cant mention he is overweight that would be such a bad thing so we will just say a man who is oh wait its not right that we identify the suspect as being male that is unfair gender discrimination so we will say the suspect is no different then any other person so please be on the look out for this person .

Answer 2

1. I simply reject your statement. As far as I am aware the British government has never stated that "it is racist to say 'Blackboard' and 'Whiteboard' ". If you can't substantiate your allegation with proof, then don't make it.

2. It reminds me of the urban myths, regarding "politically-correct" speech that circulated in the 1980s:
a) that the London Borough of Islington had banned the nursery rhyme "Baa Baa Black Sheep" from all its schools and nurseries;
b) that the London Borough of Hackney had banned the term "manhole", replacing it with "personal accesss chamber".
http://junius.blogspot.com/2003_03_23_junius_archive.html
[Note that, even though these non-stories occurred years before the internet was in general use, I still have tracked down a webpage to support my account.]