Calling a pub a pub

[d000hg]

If they renamed them all "the white boy" and replaced black faces and black heads with white ones, people would say that was racist too

[BlueSharp]

They have a point with this one.

Staffordshire's Labour In Vain pub in racism row over historic sign | Daily Mail Online

[vetran]

plenty of people seem to have misunderstood the reference before and put picture of African boys on the pub signs, now replace those with a picture of Charles II and Tom is your uncle!

[Old Greg]

Nigel Farage has made various complaints over the years that he feels ridiculed by the pub name "The Cock Tavern".

[MarillionFan]

This is getting silly. So are they going to rename my local next? I enjoy a good pint at The Klansman.

[vetran]

If they renamed them all "the white boy" and replaced black faces and black heads with white ones, people would say that was racist too

If the phrase white boy was about a king and it is what his mum called him then I don't think so.

[OwlHoot]

I did hear that Black Boy was a nickname for Charles II. Don't know whether it's true.

Yes, that's true. But it was because of his slightly dark and swarthy complexion.

Oh dear ..

[vetran]

Yes, that's true. But it was because of his slightly dark and swarthy complexion.

Oh dear ..

He was part Italian on his mothers side.

[OwlHoot]

He was part Italian on his mothers side.

Also, his family name "Stuart" actually derives from the same root as "swarthy" (like the German "schwarz" come to think of it).

So his paternal ancestors must have had dark complexions as well.

[vetran]

Also, his family name "Stuart" actually derives from the same root as "swarthy" (like the German "schwarz" come to think of it).

So his paternal ancestors must have had dark complexions as well.

or Steward. That seems to be disputed.