Posted by Mike Stevens on March 27, 2002 at 01:14:25 from 195.92.168.166:
In Reply to: Re: N-word was Re: Colonialism in S&As posted by Mike Dennis on March 26, 2002 at 18:39:07:
The world and attitudes have changed so much over the past 50 years that to attribute modern attitudes and values to people living in the 1930's is wrong. In the 1950's, some dancehalls in the UK operated colour bars, landladies displayed signs saying 'No blacks, no Irish'. There were hardly any Black people in Britain and I can remember my amazement when I first saw a black man. The (now) dreaded N word was considered perfectly proper having a Latin root, N brown was a colour on colour charts. However, in contrast, any mention of sex was considered dreadful. I remember the fuss when the dreaded F word was first used on TV. In the 1950's, during the obscenity trial of the book 'Ladies Chattersly's Lover' Counsel actually asked the jury if they would be happy for their servants to read it.
Having lived through the years of sex taboos, I confidently predict that there will come a time in the future when our descendants will hoot with laughter at our racial taboos.