Monday, August 09, 2010

Union Jack's British Pub

I went to Union Jack's British Pub (the Columbia, MD location) just last week for the first time. The roasted vegetable sandwich was VERY tasty. Still, I left with a bad taste in my mouth because of their "British Slang" napkin. I was disheartened in particular by the inclusion of "nancy boy: If someone is being pathetic you would call them a nancy or nancy boy." This slang has misogynistic and homophobic undertones that I would rather not have seen being distributed as novelty fun. It's no wonder that I don't have a sense of humor at times--too often humor comes at the price of perpetuating oppression.

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