Posted on 12/02/2020 6:24:30 AM PST by blam
Yes, really.
The complaint was prompted by a university study surround issues affecting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff and faculty.
Citing concerns of black people, the report noted that there were “linguistic concerns about Black being associated with negative expressions” such as “blackmail” and “black sheep.”
After the report labeled the use of words which included “black” as “divisive and not inclusive,” the university’s student union demanded that “any other use of the word ‘black’ as an adjective to express negative connotations” should be banned in research papers, lecture slides, and books published by professors.
Students claimed that such words were based on a “colonial history” and should be abolished in light of the Black Lives Matter movement.
However, Lexicographer Jonathon Green pointed out that such claims were completely erroneous given that the background environment of “identity politics” “simply wasn’t there at the moment of coinage.”
As in America, many students have been indoctrinated to believe that one of the primary purposes for going to university is to lobby for speech and words to be banned.
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Uh, would that be racis’? Butt in a cooperative, decent sort of way of course.
And, does that mean that when refering to POC simply say “those people”?
Black is an adjective in “Black lives matter”
They should just ransack the library and start burning books.
Are you the reincarnation of Ross Perot? :)
My husband long ago introduced me to the apt phrase, “Revenge of the ‘C student.’”
Bunch of dumb a****.
No and not nearly the money. Well, none of the money. :-)
The only next step would be to demand removal of blacks entirely.
It wouldn’t be a such a leap for leftists.
This hits UK University now, but they are just copying what Hogwarts U has already done.
They recently renamed their Class in “Black Arts” to the “Dark Arts”.
Oh, the old “wink and nod” subliminal assault of POC.
The response should be to tell the students to shut up and sit down, or to leave.
Or maybe to expel all the students involved in this.
Now the Physics department can’t talk about black holes.
Roy G. Biv has the last laugh.
They can say hope, but the “p” is silent.
Who gives to universities like this?
Jesus,
Please come back soon.
>>After the report labeled the use of words which included “black” as “divisive and not inclusive,”
Attention: GBLTQAIFPBDSM+ is not inclusive. It specifically targets and excludes hetero norms.
Bet the campus won’t address that problem.
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