A request
A request
Posted Oct 15, 2015 8:26 UTC (Thu) by dakas (guest, #88146)In reply to: A request by bronson
Parent article: Sharp: Closing a door
The only term we're left with is black, saved perhaps because it was too coarse to be posted in hotel lobbies and restaurants."too coarse"? I mean, the appropriateness is not a property of "black". If there was a sign "No blondes" in a lobby, it would be offensive. Not because "blonde" is offensive but because it is offensive to discriminate according to epidermis coloration as if it carried any inherent meaning. If you are looking for a more politically correct way of saying "No blondes", you are making a mockery of sensitivities. If you put up a sign "Black patrons are welcome like all our other customers" in a country where such a sign is sadly not redundant, will you get the political correctness police breathing up your neck? Maybe.