The PC crowd wouldn't last 5 minutes in my workplace. The slinging is rife.........but it's in fun and that's the difference. The Asians regularly get called the name of someone else, regardless of gender because "all you Asians look the same so we can't tell which one you are". A few of them are short so we'll often say "sorry, let me get that down for you, we should have put it at Asian height so you could reach it".
One colleague with Italian born parents is known as LFW (little fat wog). I often tell her that her butt is getting fatter. One of the Indians is known as Curry Muncher (and is an awesome cook!). Us white people are known as good for nothing white trash. Of course not everyone participates on the hijinx and are not referred to any of the names above. We keep the hijinx to a minimum when we're around them out of respect for them. We know when to behave.
As for prevelant medical issues, black Africans are more likely to have bowel issues requiring surgery because their large bowel is a little longer and tends to be more floppy, which can result in twisting or folding onto itself. Mediterranian people have a higher incidence of Haemochromatosis (too much iron in the blood, treated by regular blood donations). Japanese people are more likely to get stomach cancer than other races due to the amount of raw fish they eat. White people have the highest rate of neuromas, ganglions and Dupuytren's contractures in their hands.
Australians in cooler climates are more likely to get melanomas. That is due to not getting the heat trigger to put sunscreen on. If you go outside and it's hot, like over 30C, you are triggered to put sunscreen on. If it's regularly low to mid 20's in Summer, you don't get that heat trigger. Nothing racist about any of it, it's medical fact. Of course any race can get any of those conditions, but the incidences are higher in certain races. It's the genetic make up.
I've spoken to my foreign colleagues about different things over the years, the ones with black or brown skin and they all said the same thing. What riles them up the most is being referred to as dark skinned, of colour, non white, or any of the other buzz phrases being bandied around. They are black or brown and want to be referred to as such, same as they refer to us as white. They also hate it when people get uncomfortable using the word black in any context, like the word is taboo or "racist", as in my example above about the black shoes, **bleep** footing around trying to find an alternative word so as "not to offend". If a pair of shoes is black, then call them that.
Political correctness is out of control and needs to be stopped. It's like a virus spreading its filth. It's got to the point these days where people are too scared to open their mouth for fear of offending someone.
