Would you be offended by this?

[Kathyis6incheshigh]

A joke about a black plastic bag being called a 'Diana Ross'.

I'll explain the context later, just interested for now to know how people respond.

Erm... I think I would need to hear all of it... it does depend in what context it was said.

My first reaction is that it's likely to be dodgy. But I am very PC so you may not be interested in my opinions.

I'll explain the context then - it was in an editorial of a magazine I subscribe to (subject matter completely unrelated to music or race).
I can't find the original editorial but in the this month's issue they print an outraged letter from someone accusing them of racism and a snotty defence from the editor.

Can't tell from what you've said

That's all there was to it - a black plastic bag was called a Diana Ross, the point being that she's black, plastic and a bag.

is it because she has had loadsa plastic surgery is black and old

would not be offended, jokes like this are made all the time its only because she is black that people are offended

i mean old bag jokes ect and peoples looks

no not offended
could be said about white, yellow, cheap, holy,
but its not that funny
or is it all in the telling

just not funny , at all , on any level

racist? don;t know

poor and shoddy humour , definitely

I think it's offensive to refer to a woman as a bag

I'm sorry, but it doesn't bother me remotely. But then, I'm not PC.

I prefer the ordering a Thin Crispy Supreme at Pizza Hut and getting Diana Ross

its a rubbihs thoughtless joke with no regard for a number of sensitivities - mainly because it is about women being judged by looks (nothing new I know!)

plastic bag okay, black plastic bag is a slur against her ethinicity or something. My vocab isn't so PC unfortuntaely...

could be a white plastic bag called Anne Robinson????

So, what constitutes a joke these days?

Anything? Or are we all so po-faced that we must look for offence at every opportunity?

Don't you get worn out, with all that bristling?

Why is it a slur against her ethnicity? She's black. It's a fact. You sound like someone who secretly thinks that's something to be ashamed of, and so to cover your tracks, you shout loudest in defense of her skin colour.

I don't think Ms. Ross needs your protection, do you?

yes but being plasticky is a choice isn't it, being black isn't so I don't think fodder for, um, slurrishness

wot u just said about my thinking and shouting loudest is judegemental, presumptious and unfair (on me) btw.

Newlife - but what if it was white plastic bag and Anne robinson???

i don't think its anything to get that excited about. i hate being called po faced! but i think some things are worth it - not necc this plstic bag joke, tho if i am honest, i think its offensive to women that it is still ok to piss take about our looks, we can't control looking like an old bag. well i can't anyway.

No-one like my Pizza Hut joke then?

Political Correctness gone mad I tell ya

as wrong I think

The colour needs to be left out of it unless it is only distinguishing type of bag which is okay when labelling plastic bags in supermarket - e.g. don;t expect packaging to say 'plastic bags of non descript colour or race' but to bring it into the joke is wrong whether black or white.

Ann Robinosn is plastic and a 'bag' is fine.

thin crispy supreme much funnier