University of Washington Declares Proper Grammar Is Racist

Breitbart.com ^ | February 22, 2017 | Tom Ciccotta

[Hadean]

The Writing Center at the University of Washington is telling students that expecting Americans to use proper grammar perpetuates racism.

A press release put out by the University of Washington’s Writing Center argues that “there is no inherent ‘standard’ of English,” and that pressure to conform to proper American grammar standards perpetuate systems of racism.

“Linguistic and writing research has shown clearly for many decades that there is no inherent ‘standard’ of English,” claims the writing center’s statement. “Language is constantly changing. These two facts make it very difficult to justify placing people in hierarchies or restricting opportunities and privileges because of the way people communicate in particular versions of English.”

The university’s Writing Center Director, Dr. Asoa Inoue, suggests that racism has produced certain unfair standards in education.

“It is a founding assumption that, if believed, one must act differently than we, the institution and its agents, have up to this point,” Inoue claimed. While overt racism is usually easily identified, more elusive are microaggressions, forms of degradation which manifest on a subconscious and casual level. As the statement reads “Racism is pervasive. It is in the systems, structures, rules, languages, expectations, and guidelines that make up our classes, school, and society.”

[Fedora]

Linguistic and writing research has shown clearly for many decades that there is no inherent ‘standard’ of English

If that were true, there would be no inherent "standard" of racism. Nor could "linguistic" and "writing" "research" "clearly" show anything. Nor could there be an inherent "standard" of academic accreditation. Therefore the "University" of Washington should have its accreditation withdrawn and morons like "Dr." Asoa Inoue should have their degrees stripped, since there is no inherent definition of "degree", according to postmodernist idiots.

[nikos1121]

I’m really having a hard time sifting through the garbage that is perpetuated in the media. It’s almost to the point where I don’t read FR much any more. It’s non stop, but

OTOH, the left liberals are showing their true colors finally.

So, in other words, the doctor and attorney you hire need not speak and write proper English.

It’s going to take a full generation to turn this country around. It starts with the economy.

[Svartalfiar]

"It is a founding assumption that, if believed, one must act differently than we, the institution and its agents, have up to this point,"

What is the subject of this sentence? What is the verb?

Um, "it" and "is"? That is definitely quite the word salad of clauses and phrases, but your questions were pretty easy :p

[Tax-chick]

Trick question!