Multi-culturalism, Political Correctness, Freedom of Speech…all of these buzz words are now being attacked by the yester-generation to defend their “right” to speak their minds. Their unwillingness to accept that we live in a diverse society is one of the problems that Britain has not been able to shake off. People grew up in Nazi Germany thinking that Jews were bad, but that doesn’t give them a right to call Jews nasty names - the majority of them accept this even if they are hesitant to the idea. The reason is that there is a law against anti-semitism. But it is not just the law that stops them from speaking their mind about their hatred for Jews (a childhood hatred that most of them grew up with). It is also due to a momentum that the global media has put to anti-semitism as being “wrong”. And rightly so.

Come to the arena of Black and White, and you have some southern European nations that still use the word Negro - to describe Black people. They say that in their latin based language it simply means black. Whilst the logic is plain, the context of the word deliberately escapes them and their childhood usages. Here in the UK one would be hard-pressed to find someone using the word “Negro”. And rightly so.

“Golliwog” - the die hard yester-generation want to use this word because they grew up with fond memories of their childhood and their colonial attitudes about black people. They feel that yet another beloved term of their mythical superiority is being stripped from them. I am sure the BNP will defend them on this one.

I do feel sorry for some of these people though. It is not easy to throw away something you have grown up with and used unchecked and even seen promoted as a national treasure. What is rather more worrisome is the fact that some politicians and press are actually defending Thatcher - maybe they think her first name is Maggie - and of course Maggie represents yet another icon of their comfort zones.

As for the Beeb…their hypocrisy is characterized by all their other paranoid scizophrenic behaviour. Maybe they want to make friends with the people who labelled them ‘biased’ in the Charity Appeal scenario. Maybe they just dont know what to do.

We should have the likes of Trevor Philips to advise us how he feels about this and all the other afro-carribean Brits out there. That would give some validity to the right or wrong of the use of the term Golliwog.

As for privacy and the use of this or any other derogatory word or thought, we should all be decent enough to know what is right and what is wrong.

Whatever

The lady was definitely aware of it, but let it slip because of her illness. You will hear more and more gaffes as she is boisterous unlike her disciplined mother.

Racism is just the result of one’s need to “order” matters just like it is around their home and surrounding. If James leaves a house with kids named Daniel and Harry, James is 100% assured to have workers and friends who are also called Daniel and Harry. It is just mechanisms of survival which they employ to reduce the destructive tendencies of their illness which catches up them by the way.