The bloke in the white BMW

[MudLark]

*sigh*

 

I could just as easily have referred to "the blonde woman in the blue BMW". 

[Patchelicious]

*sigh*

 

I could just as easily have referred to "the blonde woman in the blue BMW".

Yes you could have, but that would be because of the patriarchy.... get with the program you privileged white male!

[Frosty]

*sigh*

 

I could just as easily have referred to "the blonde woman in the blue BMW".

Or the comedian in a blue Prius?

[Mamil]

I don't know what colour or gender it was driving the white bakkie but it was definitely an @#$%$ who nearly knocked me on the second left hander at 40kmph going down constantia nek this morning.

[Patchelicious]

I don't know what colour or gender it was driving the white bakkie but it was definitely an @#$%$ who nearly knocked me on the second left hander at 40kmph going down constantia nek this morning.

Check my signature.....

[gemmerbal]

Off topic here but isn't it amazing how frequently punishments are being meted out for things that people say?

 

I used to play local league cricket for many years as an adult and have said and have said much worse things.

 

I was once told by a wicket keeper that he'd was going to do unspeakable things with my mother.

 

I told him he should do it because my mother would teach him things that his mother clearly hadn't.

 

Even his team mates laughed.

 

we should start a thread for funny cricket stories, I also have a couple. we might actually know each other... (no i wasn't the wicketkeeper)

[Long Wheel Base]

Check my signature.....

Damn, I drive a white bakkie. Luckily I normally ride and the bakkie spends its life with a flat battery in my garage.

[Chingy182]

we should start a thread for funny cricket stories, I also have a couple. we might actually know each other... (no i wasn't the wicketkeeper)

Our one batsman was padding it up the whole time in a 2-day game against the opposition leg spinner, so the keeper eventually tunes him, "it looks like it's that time of the month, padding it up"

 

Still makes me chuckle everytime I think about it.

[MudLark]

Off topic here but isn't it amazing how frequently punishments are being meted out for things that people say?

 

I used to play local league cricket for many years as an adult and have said and have said much worse things.

 

I was once told by a wicket keeper that he'd was going to do unspeakable things with my mother.

 

I told him he should do it because my mother would teach him things that his mother clearly hadn't.

 

Even his team mates laughed.

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[Antoo]

I’m a shade of black myself, and while not offended by the description of the driver, I find that in many instances the colour of the offender/victim has no direct bearing on the incident/event.

A cyclist was taken out on ‘Said str’ - cycling forum - relevant ‘cyclist’ - colour descriptor not relevant to the basic fact.

A classmate of my kid was ill today - the colour descriptor has no bearing on the fact that a kid was ill.

More often then not, when retelling a story, we feel the need to add a colour descriptor which, more often than not, has no bearing on the story. Whether racist/a poor habit, it’s not something my wife and I practice, nor would like our kids to learn.

I have neighbors and they vary different shades of white/pink/brown/black, but they’re all pretty much neighbors, who we address by name, not colour.

 

I cycle with other cyclists, not a colour group.

I have some amazing friends - not black/white/brown/yellow friends - just friends.

 

No need to be pc, just leave out unnecessary descriptors - it’s liberating

[Quagga]

OFFTOPIC: Have a look at this video and then comments....seems all comments are ok with this behaviour.

 

https://www.facebook.com/sdmotorstyle/videos/364059234355238/

 

www.facebook.com/sdmotorstyle/videos/364059234355238/

 

Then the same people that is ok with this is the loudest when they see a cyclist.

[I FLY]

Check my signature.....

When I lived in eMalahleni all the mine bakkies, OEM service bakkies and nearly every privately owned Fortuner was white.

 

We feared all of these much more than the mini buses.

[DieselnDust]

I hope that the long arm of the law will not swing around against me when I'm standing at a police station trying to describe an assailant who attacked me without being able to identify him accurately 

 

 

generally no because the case doc will require a full description. Sometimes it isn't possble to determine accurately and assailants get off scott free

[DieselnDust]

I completely agree... I do think that 'race' is a sensitive topic, but bringing race into something isn't always racist. Yet is portrayed as such.

 

When paople make fun of me for looking like a terrorist I laugh because it's funny..... because it's true!

 

 

I did too,.....but its was a fancy dress and I arrived in normal attire and had to improvise with a dish cloth

[Skubarra]

This is why I love the hub

 

Post #2 (creative paraphrasing) "Guys, best to leave race out of this one and not derail this thread"

 

Post #3 "Why?"

 

4 days and 50 posts later - still discussing race issues    

[Patchelicious]

This is why I love the hub

 

Post #2 (creative paraphrasing) "Guys, best to leave race out of this one and not derail this thread"

 

Post #3 "Why?"

 

4 days and 50 posts later - still discussing race issues

Like tooth paste....