Posted on 12/20/2022 4:25:42 PM PST by bitt
SStanford University IT released an index of “harmful language” that it recommends be erased from the school’s websites. The list includes the terms “American” and “Hispanic.”
The list is a product of the “Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative,” which aims to “eliminate” words that may be deemed “racist, violent, and biased,” the document reads. The index lists a wide variety of words — some of which are commonly used — and provides an alternative word and an explanation of why the language may be harmful.
There are ten “harmful language” sections outlined in the document including: ableist, ageism, colonialism, culturally appropriate, gender-based, and biased (e.g., disability bias, ethnic bias, ethnic slurs, gender bias, implicit bias, sexual bias) language.
The list recommends banning the term “American” and replacing it with “U.S. Citizen,” as it reportedly implies that the U.S. is the “most important country in the Americas.”
“This term [American] often refers to people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the US is the most important country in the Americas (which is actually made up of 42 countries),” the list reads.
TWEET: You guys, this list of words that Stanford doesn't want us to use anymore is truly insane.
https://itcommunity.stanford.edu/ehli
A person should also use the term “LatinX” instead of “Hispanic,” since the former term is connected to Spanish colonization, the document reads. It also listed the word “Karen,” explaining that it can “ridicule or demean” a group of people due to their behaviors. The list further includes the term “straight,” “victim,” “grandfather,” “landlord,” “gentleman,” “ladies” and “chief.” (RELATED: Stanford Students Compare Ben Shapiro To A Cockroach On Protest Flyer)
The list recommends replacing the term “straight” with “heterosexual” because it allegedly “implies that anyone who is not heterosexual is bent or not ‘normal.'” The term “people of color” should also be switched to Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC).
The “Institutionalized Racism” category bans the terms “black mark,” “brown bag,” “master,” and “white paper” for its alleged racial connotations. The “Person-First” category lists the terms “immigrant,” “prostitute,” and “homeless person” as they define an individual by a single characteristic.
The document included a disclaimer assuring staff and students that it does not intend to completely remove the words from its websites, noting that elimination is “a goal to strive for even if it can’t be achieved.”
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Given that Sam Bankman-Fried’s scumbag Communist parents are professors there, this does not surprise me.
Hopefully “wetback”,”fag” and “welfare queen” aren’t included. I’d hate to violate anything on this list.
Babylon Bee knocks another one out of the park! Er. Um. Never mind.
A model that every school should adopt.
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Just cut out their tongues.
It's easier.
/s
Scamsford, we do scamming right !
Hang them all
Asia's crowded
And Europe's too old
Africa's far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us
“Liberal” and “Progressive” should be banned. Neither are what they say they are.
The word stanford is revolting.
Reminds me a little of the drive to ban that source of hate speech, the Holy Bible.
April 26, 2019 San Diego Union Tribune headline:
No, a new bill wouldn’t ‘literally’ ban Bible sales in California but debate rages.
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Nick Sawyer, Professor, on Quora discussion site:
Even if the Bible did represent hate speech it wouldn’t matter, the Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled to protect hate speech, as long as it doesn’t incite violent action.
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BBC News, January 24, 2022.
Paivi Rasanen says she is defending her religious freedom.
A former Finnish interior minister has gone on trial for hate speech against gay people, following comments which she says were based on the Bible.
Prosecutors accuse Paivi Rasanen of making derogatory comments on three occasions, including in a 2019 tweet showing verses from the Bible.
Ms Rasanen denies the charges and says she stands behind her words.
The case is being seen as a test of whether personal religious beliefs can justify controversial language.
Replace the word “moron” with “Stanford graduate.”
(RELATED: Stanford Students Compare Ben Shapiro To A Cockroach On Protest Flyer.
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What does Stanford have to say about its students comparing a Jew to a cockroach?
Oh, and Stanford, and all others of its ilk, can stick its guidelines where the sun don’t shine.
Isn't that what Sgt Schultz called LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes?
George Orwell nailed this years ago!
I may need to call them to see if a few select words are on the list.
I may need to call them to see if a few select words are on the list.
It don’t know about Schultz, but it was one of those Germans back then.
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