UK: "British police mascot 'too white, too male' "

News.Com. AU ^ | Nov 20, 2007 | staff writer

[yankeedame]

British police mascot 'too white, too male'

November 20, 2007 08:35pm

LONDON'S Metropolitan Police has been forced to spend £15,000 ($34,855.35) creating "ethnically diverse" mascots after complaints about a model deemed too white and too male.

Met chief Sir Ian Blair ordered the new politically correct (PC) models after an Asian officer complained about...Steve, the mascot produced to visit schools to promote the police force.

...Steve was white, with blue eyes and blond hair... leaving Asian and women officers "isolated"...

Blair, in a written response to the London Assembly, said the Met's diversity unit would be tasked with creating new models.

"These characters will be more representative of London's population..." he said.

...Some believe the decision smacks of political correctness gone too far....

...The project has been renamed "Police Pals," and the new models will be ready early next year. One features a woman PCSO, named Sunita...

[billorites]

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[ARE SOLE]

In Britain, "Asian" signifies Middle Eastern, not Southeast Asian. They'd use the term "Oriental" for someone we'd call "Asian".

I'm tired of being "informed" on this topic, over and over.

Especially when you get it wrong. Sheesh.

[The_Media_never_lie]

The wrist looks a mite limp. Doesn’t that count for something?

[Sapper26]

Get RuPaul. It would be perfect.