[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by optimisticcynic

Sam, you apologised and completely redeemed yourself on the other thread then you came here and dug even deeper. "Indians are great shop keepers"?!!!!!!! I'll be sure to inform my asian friends that they have let their families down by becoming surgeons, architects, lawyers and teachers...... There may not be malice in your posts but there is certainly an underlying prejudice where it is totally acceptable to pigeon-hole ethnic groups. Such tendencies are dangerous and I doubt that I need to give examples.

As for imitating "a black or asian accent", what the hell is one of those? Colour of skin does not denote accent and this is reflected in the very sensible observation that if you mimic Deana (the person, as opposed to her race as a whole which would encompass a variety of accents) it shouldn't be offensive as long as it sounds like her, but if you target what you feel are her origins and attempt an indian accent, then it is not her you are mocking. It's her race.

I'm chuffed someone has stood up for the Scots as well, as bigotry isn't only targeted at black and asian people. It's a means of belittling any minority/majority group.

Racism works BOTH ways, black on white as much if not more then white on black