slope

[annabel taylor]

jermeny clarkson is been called racist again for using the word slope in a recent show

he used the word, while speaking and looking at a small wooden bridge which they where about to drive over,
and said the bridge has a slope

which has been deemed a racist attack on asians, as slope is a well know racist term for asians


now who has ever heard of slope been used as a rascist term
and who thinks this was a racist attack?

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment...-1226858731781

[samlad]

I've never heard it in the context of a racial slur.. a first for me! You can't say anything these days without someone claiming that their rights have been violated!

[nibb]

For f's sake whats the world coming to every one seems to cry racist now a days.

[annabel taylor]

I've never heard it in the context of a racial slur.. a first for me! You can't say anything these days without someone claiming that their rights have been violated!

u can see one side of the bridge is higher
which is called a slope,

if you read comments online, lots are calling him racist, now its a uk show, nd uk and ireland we are pretty much similar
but never heard of that, slope to me means one side higher than the other,

[Best Before]

jermeny clarkson is been called racist again for using the word slope in a recent show

he used the word, while speaking and looking at a small wooden bridge which they where about to drive over,
and said the bridge has a slope

which has been deemed a racist attack on asians, as slope is a well know racist term for asians


now who has ever heard of slope been used as a rascist term
and who thinks this was a racist attack?

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment...-1226858731781

This is what I think Clarkson was referring too

In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line is a number that describes both the direction and the steepness of the line.[1] Slope is often denoted by the letter m.[2]
The direction of a line is either increasing, decreasing, horizontal or vertical.
A line is increasing if it goes up towards the right. The slope is positive, i.e. m>0.
A line is decreasing if it goes down towards the right. The slope is negative, i.e. m<0.
If a line is horizontal the slope is zero. This is a constant function.
If a line is vertical the slope is undefined (see below).

Although I could be wrong, I think he probably is a bit racist

[samlad]

u can see one side of the bridge is higher
which is called a slope,

if you read comments online, lots are calling him racist, now its a uk show, nd uk and ireland we are pretty much similar
but never heard of that, slope to me means one side higher than the other,

I have been informed that a 'slope' is in reference to the shape of a Chinese/Japanese person's eyes. It's very silly to assume he meant that as a racial slur in such a context. There are words that are the same but have several meanings, such as scale: i) something you weigh things on, ii) the size of something in relation to another or iii) the things that cover the body of a fish. 'Slope' isn't racist if the word is used in the correct context, but that is just common sense, something that is lacking everywhere these days

[Jesse Custer]

I've never heard it in the context of a racial slur.. a first for me! You can't say anything these days without someone claiming that their rights have been violated!

That sounds like a slur on virgins. Please try not to offend someone that's recently lost their virginity.

[funlover12]

are they having a laugh! slope = hill in layman terms, its a word used when talking about gradient of a road/paved surface ect ffs. r rated police strikes again, fuckin morons

[Clyde]

It was the 2 part special supposed to be bridge over the river kuai but the river was called cock, very funny he was referring to the locals I copped it straight away it's not racist it's funny.

[warmcome]

highly offended by yet another pop at me. emailing BBC.