Councillor, 70, who called herself the 'n***** in the woodpile' is sent on equality and diversity courseIt was once a common expression. I would have used it myself in the old daysA 70-year-old councillor who called herself ‘the n***** in woodpile’ has been sent on an equality and diversity course.
Convent-educated Elizabeth Peters used the offensive term while speaking to a member of the public after a Stroud District Council meeting.
The grandmother, who runs a bed and breakfast in Brimscombe, Gloucestershire, and organises the village fete, apologised but said the phrase was commonly used when she was young.
She said: ‘I’m 70 and grew up with this kind of thing. It was just something which slipped out. It was not directed at anyone except myself. ‘There were no foreigners around. I have already apologised to the two people who were upset.
The phrase, used as a metaphor to describe a hidden fact or problem, originally referred to fugitive slaves who hid in piles of firewood in the American Deep South in the mid-19th century.
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Similarly, the "cunt hair" may no longer be used as a unit of measurement.
ReplyDeleteLiberals beleive everyone has Fre Speech except if their conservatives
ReplyDelete4:35 Because it a scarce commodity in western society?
ReplyDeleteI would have to ask of who the two assholes who she used the expression too why they publicised the episode after she apologised. As far as I am concerned it is the complainants that need counselling.
The two complainants should be counter-sued for ageism!
ReplyDeleteI can remember as kids using the N word many times like in EEnie,Meenie,Minie,Mo and those nuts we called N***** Toes
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