Benedict Cumberbatch apologizes for saying "colored"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:First the n word, then the Negro word, then the colored word, then the AA word, then the next word. Pretty soon the only word that will be acceptable is the I-will-tell-you-just-how-to-speak-to-me word.

I'm so sorry that changing social norms are racing to your little pea brain. Change!!!!! So. Much. Change!!!!

Meant "taxing" not "racing" but very interesting Freudian slip?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am so tired of this guy. I don't care what he said...i don't care who he will marry...i don't care if he wins an Oscar. Make him go away.

He will not go away. He is and will continue to be one of the great actors of the 21st Century. If you cannot appreciate talent, grace, intelligence and wit, I suggest you continue to watch movies loaded with US actors that you can identify with. Otherwise, let us who appreciate what BC brings to the world of entertainment enjoy him.

I'm not anti-benedict Cumberbatch at all, but you sound young and sad or middle-age and sad. It's a toss-up which.

You must not be the poster who wanted BC to go away as you say you are not anti-Benedict Cumberbatch. But yet you judge me. Interesting

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Anonymous wrote:Is "colored" commonly used in the UK?

My British friends tell me no--it's the kind of thing your elderly grandmother might say. Not vulgarly racist, but not currently acceptable.

Yes, it would be on a par with, say, "oriental". Not a word commonly used anymore.

Except. "Oriental" is OK because it refers to the Orient, which is a lot more exact that referring to someone as "Asian."

Why is Orient more exact than Asian? Asian refers to a specific continent, whereas the orient is relational and therefore not objective.

Anyway, the point is irrelevant because apart from you and a few other coffin-dodgers, no one uses the word any more.

No, the point is relevant. "Orient" is a part of Asia where people have distinctive facial characteristics. Korean looks different from, say, Mongolian or Pakistani. So, if you're referring to someone from southeast Asia, "Oriental" is a more precise description. Of course, it's better to just go with nationality -- Korean, Japanese, Thai, whatever.

Koreans and Japanese are not southeast Asians.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is "colored" commonly used in the UK?

My British friends tell me no--it's the kind of thing your elderly grandmother might say. Not vulgarly racist, but not currently acceptable.

Yes, it would be on a par with, say, "oriental". Not a word commonly used anymore.

Except. "Oriental" is OK because it refers to the Orient, which is a lot more exact that referring to someone as "Asian."

Why is Orient more exact than Asian? Asian refers to a specific continent, whereas the orient is relational and therefore not objective.

Anyway, the point is irrelevant because apart from you and a few other coffin-dodgers, no one uses the word any more.

No, the point is relevant. "Orient" is a part of Asia where people have distinctive facial characteristics. Korean looks different from, say, Mongolian or Pakistani. So, if you're referring to someone from southeast Asia, "Oriental" is a more precise description. Of course, it's better to just go with nationality -- Korean, Japanese, Thai, whatever.

Omg. The post is horrifying. PP, just stop talking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am so tired of this guy. I don't care what he said...i don't care who he will marry...i don't care if he wins an Oscar. Make him go away.

He will not go away. He is and will continue to be one of the great actors of the 21st Century. If you cannot appreciate talent, grace, intelligence and wit, I suggest you continue to watch movies loaded with US actors that you can identify with. Otherwise, let us who appreciate what BC brings to the world of entertainment enjoy him.

I'm not anti-benedict Cumberbatch at all, but you sound young and sad or middle-age and sad. It's a toss-up which.

You must not be the poster who wanted BC to go away as you say you are not anti-Benedict Cumberbatch. But yet you judge me. Interesting

I don't want BC to go away and I'm not the anti-Benedict poster. But your zealot paragraph was a bit unsettling. Sad girl obssessive.

[Anonymous]

PP, to remind you what we're discussing


"He will not go away. He is and will continue to be one of the great actors of the 21st Century. If you cannot appreciate talent, grace, intelligence and wit, I suggest you continue to watch movies loaded with US actors that you can identify with. Otherwise, let us who appreciate what BC brings to the world of entertainment enjoy him."


(creepy, right?)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am so tired of this guy. I don't care what he said...i don't care who he will marry...i don't care if he wins an Oscar. Make him go away.

He will not go away. He is and will continue to be one of the great actors of the 21st Century. If you cannot appreciate talent, grace, intelligence and wit, I suggest you continue to watch movies loaded with US actors that you can identify with. Otherwise, let us who appreciate what BC brings to the world of entertainment enjoy him.

Oh look. One of the Cumberbitches arrived. I love that Lainey Gossip calls you all Cumhards.

http://www.laineygossip.com/Benedict-Cumberbatch-explains-his-engagement-announcement/31837?celebrityId=21092

And what might you be salivating over the likes of the latest piece of trailer trash Hollywood elevates to stardom?

Sweetie, don't take yourself so seriously. He is perfect as Sherlock and I enjoyed "The Imitation Game". I get it. You lurrve him. I felt the same way with Colin Firth in the Darcy days, but also self aware enough that my drooling devotion was a bit silly.[/

Self aware. Okay, I believe you (snicker)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is "colored" commonly used in the UK?

My British friends tell me no--it's the kind of thing your elderly grandmother might say. Not vulgarly racist, but not currently acceptable.

Yes, it would be on a par with, say, "oriental". Not a word commonly used anymore.

Except. "Oriental" is OK because it refers to the Orient, which is a lot more exact that referring to someone as "Asian."

Why is Orient more exact than Asian? Asian refers to a specific continent, whereas the orient is relational and therefore not objective.

Anyway, the point is irrelevant because apart from you and a few other coffin-dodgers, no one uses the word any more.

No, the point is relevant. "Orient" is a part of Asia where people have distinctive facial characteristics. Korean looks different from, say, Mongolian or Pakistani. So, if you're referring to someone from southeast Asia, "Oriental" is a more precise description. Of course, it's better to just go with nationality -- Korean, Japanese, Thai, whatever.

Omg. The post is horrifying. PP, just stop talking.

I don't think I will. Stop trying to police language. That's horrifying.

There's nothing offensive or wrong with "colored." Sheesh. Mountains out of molehills.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is fine. Okay, got it.

Poor guy. Relax, Benedict. It's crazy on this side of the Pond.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/27/entertainment/benedict-cumberbatch-colored-apology/

Do you get it? You don't seem to. The NAACP's name is a historical relic that they keep to link the organization to its early, groundbreaking history. Virtually NO black people actually refer to themselves as "colored" anymore. This actor must not know many and maybe he picked it up watching old-timey black and white movies... Weird.

I actually think it was a slip and he meant to say 'people of color' -- that is the feeling i get when consider the context of the rest of his comments.
I am a black person by the way

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is "colored" commonly used in the UK?

My British friends tell me no--it's the kind of thing your elderly grandmother might say. Not vulgarly racist, but not currently acceptable.

Yes, it would be on a par with, say, "oriental". Not a word commonly used anymore.

Except. "Oriental" is OK because it refers to the Orient, which is a lot more exact that referring to someone as "Asian."

Why is Orient more exact than Asian? Asian refers to a specific continent, whereas the orient is relational and therefore not objective.

Anyway, the point is irrelevant because apart from you and a few other coffin-dodgers, no one uses the word any more.

No, the point is relevant. "Orient" is a part of Asia where people have distinctive facial characteristics. Korean looks different from, say, Mongolian or Pakistani. So, if you're referring to someone from southeast Asia, "Oriental" is a more precise description. Of course, it's better to just go with nationality -- Korean, Japanese, Thai, whatever.

Omg. The post is horrifying. PP, just stop talking.

I don't think I will. Stop trying to police language. That's horrifying.

There's nothing offensive or wrong with "colored." Sheesh. Mountains out of molehills.

Yeah, there is something offensive about it, just the way there is about referring to anyone as Oriental. You are so clueless and what's scary is that you think you aren't.