Using woke phrases like 'people of colour' helps racists who say 'you're just obsessed with language not action' says comedian Phil Wang

A comedian has argued that 'woke' campaigners who argue over politically-correct terms for different ethnic groups are doing more harm than good by granting racists more ammunition.

31-year-old Phil Wang, a British-Asian stand-up comic, criticised the usage of the term 'people of colour', arguing that it was simply a reversal of 'coloured people' which has long been seen as an offensive and outdated term.

Wang believes that arguing over the minutiae of closely-related terms does nothing to advance society's attitudes and treatment of different ethnic groups, and instead simply gives racists a target to aim for.

'For the woke, saying ''people of colour'' is the correct [phrase]. Saying ''coloured people'' is the worst thing you can say,' he said.

'It gives ammunition to [opponents of the left wing] because they can say: ''Oh, you're just obsessed by language, not action.''

He also mocked the idea that 'people of colour' implies a kind of brotherhood or community, describing the term as lumping every minority group in together for their 'non-whiteness', despite each group being different and having their own prejudices and biases.

Wang, whose full name is Philip Nathaniel Wang Xing Gui, was born in Stoke-on-Trent to a British mother and a Chinese-Malaysian father, but after just three weeks was whisked away to Borneo and spent much of his childhood and teenage years in Malaysia.

The comic has previously revealed how he experienced casual racism while working in various venues across the UK during his early years in the industry, but despite this has risen through the ranks to become one of Britain's best young comedians.

During a talk about his memoir Sidesplitter at The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, Wang also took aim at cancel culture, arguing that the very concept of cancel culture doesn't allow anyone to be held accountable for their words or actions; rather, it silences them.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10078735/Using-woke-phrases-helps-racists-says-comedian-Phil-Wang.html

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Village named after Lord Nelson comes under fire over his support for slave owners

A village has been added to a dossier of sites connected to the slave trade because its name comes from a pub styled after Lord Nelson.

The inn at Nelson, near Caerphilly, was named after the naval hero following his visit to the area in 1803, two years before his death at the Battle of Trafalgar.

The village expanded around the pub because of coal mining and adopted the same name.

Although the admiral never took part in slave activities, he expressed support for slave owners – believing that abolition would undermine the Royal Navy, which depended on merchant crew in wartime.

Officials at Labour-run Caerphilly council compiled the list of suspect places linked to slavery for a national audit.

Tory Welsh parliament member Natasha Asghar branded the dossier ‘absolutely absurd’. ‘To slander an entire village in this way is outrageous,’ she told the Sunday Telegraph.

The controversy has led to calls for Nelson – population 4,600 – to go by its Welsh name, Ffos y Gerddinen.

Labour first minister Mark Drakeford said of the audit: ‘It is about learning from the events of the past.’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10078643/Not-admirable-Nelson-Village-named-seafaring-hero-comes-fire.html

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