Posted on 08/21/2015 5:49:24 PM PDT by Steelfish
Feds Stop Calling ‘Midget Raisins’ ‘Midget Raisins’ Because ‘Midget’ Is Offensive
by KATHERINE TIMPF August 21, 2015
This is very important. The United States Food and Drug Administration issued a regulation on Thursday ending the use of the word “midget” to describe raisins because the word “midget” is offensive to short people. The Agricultural Marketing Service’s proposed rule would eliminate all five instances of the word from the U.S. “Standards for Grades of Processed Raisins” — where it’s been used to describe the different sizes of California raisins for quite some time — and replace them with the word “small” instead, according to an article in the Washington Free Beacon. The request is in response to a complaint from the short-stature advocacy group Little People of America. “On May 13, 2013, AMS received a petition from the Little People of America stating that they ‘are trying to raise awareness around and eliminate the use of the word midget,’” the USDA said, according to the Free Beacon.
“The petition further stated that, ‘Though the use of the word midget by the USDA when classifying certain food products is benign, Little People of America, and the dwarfism community, hopes that the USDA would consider phasing out the term midget,” it continued.
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The govt does employ some Midget Brains, doesn’t it?
There goes “Midget Submarine”. Got to rewrite WW2 in that case. I guess the Jap (er Japanese) midget subs sunk at Pearl Harbor are now to be called “Length-challenges submarines”
Next, “Baby carriers” will be on the chopping block. Too child insulting.
And, “Escort Carriers” is too sexist. Will be called “Smaller Aircraft Carriers” with a male chaperon destroyer.
Can’t use “Dwarf” either. Will insult someone who is very short.
How about “Growth-challenged raisins”? That won’t insult anyone. Isn’t being PC a thrill?
That’s retarded.
Gotta find a good PC term as a substitute.
Little People Raisins?
Height Challenged Raisins?
Dwarf Raisins?
Dis-proportionately Small Raisins?
Vertically challenged Raisins?
Raisins Of Restricted Growth?
Wee Raisins? (or Wee-Wee’d Up Raisins?)
Maisins?
Raisins Victimized By Dwarfism?
I am a white person, and I am offended by the word “cracker”. Therefore, I demand that all manufacturers of the food known as “crackers” change their packaging immediately. They must come up with another word, recall all of their products, and repackage them.
Eeny meeny miney mo...
OOMPA LOOMPA RAISINS !
Not to mention no longer being able to order a short stack of pancakes.....sell short...end up on a short list...etc., etc., etc....is using the short form of "et cetera" also bad form??? There's goes the contractions...
This could snowball out of control in short order......
Great! Now short people will be suing cities for building sidewalks too close to their butts.
PC bullsh## again
I like it!
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