It is a sad day when the slip of the toungue could cost you your job. I understand sexual harrassment is a “no no”, and the n-word is out of line, but when will it stop?

The PC rules are getting tougher to navigate. I have caught myself wondering if “mexican” was somehow derogitory, or black, or indian. Coming from a minorities point of view, cracker, white trash, or whitey, are all OK, yet the white man is not afforded that luxury.

I am not sure this man considered “colored” to be an insult, but apparently he felt the need to apologize.

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP)
The head of the European golf tour apologized Thursday for using the term ”colored” during a live television interview in which he was reacting to the spat between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia. European Tour CEO George O’Grady said that ”most of Sergio’s friends are colored athletes in the United States.”

The word ”colored” is considered an antiquated and offensive term in some countries when referring to black people.

”I deeply regret using an inappropriate word in a live interview for Sky Sports for which I unreservedly apologize,” O’Grady said in a statement released later Thursday.
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