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Old 22-10-2021, 23:46   #1
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Racist Sky channel?

Sky have just renamed one of their channels to 'Sky Spooky', presumably to show Halloween content.

I'm surprised at this as it was recently reported that this term is a racial slur:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/s...past-lbkjttg6r
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Old 22-10-2021, 23:56   #2
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Re: Racist Sky channel?

Never heard of 'spooky' being a racial slur . . .
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Old 22-10-2021, 23:57   #3
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Re: Racist Sky channel?

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Sky have just renamed one of their channels to 'Sky Spooky', presumably to show Halloween content.

I'm surprised at this as it was recently reported that this term is a racial slur:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/s...past-lbkjttg6r
It has no racist connotations in this country that I've ever been aware of.
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Old 23-10-2021, 00:06   #4
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Re: Racist Sky channel?

And it wasn't banned by The National Theatre of Scotland either
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/new...ky-not-banned/
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Old 23-10-2021, 00:51   #5
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Re: Racist Sky channel?

I think you are confusing the term "spook", which was used in the ‘70s as a derogatory term towards African-Americans, with "spooky", which has been used for centuries to describe something scary….

Nothing to see here, move along…

(I was a "spook" in the 70s/80s, but not in that way… )
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Re: Racist Sky channel?

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I think you are confusing the term "spook", which was used in the ‘70s as a derogatory term towards African-Americans, with "spooky", which has been used for centuries to describe something scary….

Nothing to see here, move along…

(I was a "spook" in the 70s/80s, but not in that way… )
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Sky have just renamed one of their channels to 'Sky Spooky', presumably to show Halloween content.

I'm surprised at this as it was recently reported that this term is a racial slur:
Im NOT surprised seeing EVERYTHING now that was INNOCENT is not deemd "Racist" its disgusting!!
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Re: Racist Sky channel?

Complete and utter garbage.

Its time these [and other] idiots stopping abusing the word.
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Re: Racist Sky channel?

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Sky have just renamed one of their channels to 'Sky Spooky', presumably to show Halloween content.

I'm surprised at this as it was recently reported that this term is a racial slur:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/s...past-lbkjttg6r
I’m not surprised, seeing as it’s a UK channel on a UK service.
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Re: Racist Sky channel?

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I think you are confusing the term "spook", which was used in the ‘70s as a derogatory term towards African-Americans, with "spooky", which has been used for centuries to describe something scary….

Nothing to see here, move along…

(I was a "spook" in the 70s/80s, but not in that way… )
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Re: Racist Sky channel?

We all need to get over the subject of racism. How much longer? As martin lewis wife said, today it's racism against whites
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We all need to get over the subject of racism. How much longer? As martin lewis wife said, today it's racism against whites
We can “get over the subject of racism” the day it goes away.
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Re: Racist Sky channel?

I thought from the thread title, this was going to be about the BET channel.
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Old 23-10-2021, 11:32   #14
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Re: Racist Sky channel?

They should rename all Sky channels:-
SKYCrap1,
SKYCrap2
SKYCrap3 etc
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