Its widely accepted as a racist term and it also offensive. Educate yourselves here https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... -prejudice and here National Gypsy-Traveller-Roma Council.

Its widely accepted as a racist term and it also offensive. Educate yourselves here https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... -prejudice and here National Gypsy-Traveller-Roma Council.

But that is not the definition of racism under the Equality Act 2010. The Equality act which refers to less favourable treatment on grounds of colour, race, or ethnic or national origins.

Which is presumably why it is a banned word on here.

Defining what "race" is, is actually a complex sociological debate, to which there is no clearly defined answer or definition.

It's generally accepted that combinations of (but not requiring all of) shared physical traits, social traits, cultural practices, perspectives, and genetics make up a race.

Race does not solely mean skin colour, or the country you're born in. Race is not biological (there are many scientific papers on this), it is a socially constructed concept.

You could argue that being a traveler is merely a choice of living style (like I might chose to live in a trendy flat in a city), but I think it's more than that. Being a traveler is more than living in a caravan (many live in houses). It is a cultural identity, with a rich historical lineage. It could be argued that they are a race.

There is no argument about it. Members of the GRT community are rightly protected under the Equality Act. So in the eyes of the law, describing someone with Roma background as a "P" is as vile as using the "N" word to describe a black person.

Are we signing Tyson Fury then you heard it here first

Well the saints fans are gonna get it from me rightly or wrongly.

...but Charnley won't if he did come Wire.

Interesting but please keep it RL Rumour related or visit the Sin Bin, the forum that is not the naughty step

Pom ...or Pommies. ....seems to pass the swear filter. Bur to be fair to the Aussies they crack on with it in mainstream media despite it being a derogatory term for the British/ English....

You can shorten Australian to Aussie. ...
But can't shorten Pakistani

You can call Americans yanks
But can't do similar with Chinese. ...

And White trash is often fully deserved apparently. ..

This racism thing does seem complicated at times

Didn't realise we had so many snowflakes on this board.

Racism is pernicious, we have come a long way as a society but still have a long way to go. I'm surprised at some of these posts, especially on an open forum.

Not really - Yankees are New Yorkers. Americans from other states use the term. This may have been OK internationally in earlier decades when we didn't know much about USA. Nowadays it would be like calling all Brits 'Cockneys'.

Do you think objecting to racism on a RL forum is being a "snowflake"?

I was in a meeting with a Deep South conservative recently and he was telling me about a time he was near the US Embassy in London. A large crowd was demonstrating and chanting “Yankees Out”. He said he felt like joining in. Lol.

Sorry Folks but this isn't anything to do with rumours or rugby league