V8Granite wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 1:00 pm
dinny_g wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 12:55 pm
But no, I don’t believe you’re right with that example. my understanding of today is if a black person takes offence at you calling, let’s for argument sake, say a small white child a cheeky monkey then it’s offensive and the more you try to explain yourself, the more you’ll be accused of being racist, not understanding etc by the black person who took offence.
FWIW - Cheeky monkey is on the list of expressions I no longer use, just in case
Daddy Gorilla
Maxwell - Monkey 1
Connor - Monkey 2
Their black friend On sleepovers - Monkey 3
Neither the boys or his parents have ever uttered a word about it.
Would I say it to someone who’s parents I don’t know though, I think I’d be too worried they would take offence, which is a sad state of affairs.
Dave!
My little one is also called a little monkey, we're not there yet, but I would definitely be avoiding the use of that term if she had a black friend over!
You can picture the conversion when they got home "...and her dad called me a monkey", cue parents never speaking to us again.