Quote Originally Posted by monty_rhodes View Post
Cam, I'm surprised at that. It was the main sports story in the Times, Telegraph and Guardian and both Sky and the BBC here did quite extensive coverage. Take your point about Aretha and imo the reaction to her passing was a bit OTT. I'm more concerned that the revamp of Thomas the Tank Engine seems to have escaped the notice of Madsters! I daren't put a thread up on it because I will be accused of racism.
The times they are a changing Monty. In the case of Thomas it actually looks more like expanding marketing opportunities than political correctness, otherwise The Fat Controller would bite the dust or only be referred to as Sir Topham Hat as he is here.

Where I work our new Director of Diversity and Inclusion has introduced five focus groups for Women, Blacks, Latinos, Asian American/Pacific Islanders and Queers. Not sure where that includes me

(and before anyone presses the complain button, I work with a number of LGBTQ people who often use the term 'queer' to describe themselves)