I still say that unless and until black people here actually register formal complaints about the Bacup Nutters, we should take a back seat. Objecting 'on behalf of' a minority group in society is demeaning in itself. It implies they're powerless and deficient, incapable of making their own decisions about what is offensive to them. I have just run this thread past my husband and he thinks all this fuss is utterly ridiculous. The very behaviour of Morris dancers etc towards him in real life negates any lack of respect whatsoever on their part towards other races. We're actually 'stirring up trouble' where there is none. (But if black people are indeed offended, and they say so in formal complaints, I would of course endorse changes being made. Nobody wants anyone to feel demeaned or mocked. This just seems common sense to me.)