Is 'coconut' not as serious?

[papa smurf]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle2303384.ece

this is just getting daft now [mumbles name of fruit under breath]

[Russ]

I think the appropriate expression is "what's good enough for the goose is good for the gander"...

[budwieser]

This is all so ****ing stupid!
Why does`nt eveyrone just grow up, if she`d called him a ****ing ****, nobody would have complained. Why do so many people have to look into offhand comments to see something racial in them?

[papa smurf]

The term coconut is a jibe at someone for betraying their roots to pander to “white� opinion.

i thought it was the seed of a palm - never heard of it being an insult

[punky]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

The term coconut is a jibe at someone for betraying their roots to pander to “white� opinion.

i thought it was the seed of a palm - never heard of it being an insult

It means dark outside, white inside. Its as bad as calling a black person an "Uncle Tom"

I don't see why everytone is criticising this. The woman was deliberately racist. Why shouldn't she be punished? I certainly would if I called a black person a monkey or Uncle Tom (or coconut, I can assure you)

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by RizzyKing

Bit i found funny about this is the woman concerned said "i cannot be racist i am black" that really does show how ridiculous the whole racism thing has become.

Every race has the capability to be racist.

[mr,m]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle2303384.ece

this is just getting daft now [mumbles name of fruit under breath]

Absolutely pathetic!! And you'd think that the police would have more pressing things to deal with,what a joke!!

Well if a white person had said it and someone complained the police would be involved so no different. Yeah I know every race has it's idiots Stuart but some in certain groups do seem to truly feel racism is something they can only be victims of.