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Originally Posted by horn
i ****ing hate those anthologys.
people refering to mixed race people as half cast are not necessairly implying that it means they're filthy ******s. Maybe the chap who wrote the poem could come up with a term he thinks reflects an "un-prejudice" frame of mind. or we could study his use of alliteration \o/
the worst one was the Glaswegian and the parody of "BBC english".
Maybe the reason for it eluded him, but if a news reader actually spoke in the advertised Glaswegian lingo, there would be far less understanding/tolerance of everyone elses dialect(s).... why ?
because no-one would watch the ****ing news
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1. I don't recall the poet being half-cast or mixed race... he looked black to me.
2. That glaswegian thing with the BBC news thing, well why the hate? It had a point.