University of Washington Declares Proper Grammar Is Racist

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

[Doogle]

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Mike Tyson’s foam number

[SkyPilot]

[healy61]

“I do research that investigates racism in writing assessments (e.g. writing programs, writing placement, etc.), which includes classroom writing assessments. About half of my work is theoretical,” I think I have found the problem. Without finding racism in writing, he is a failure.

[4Liberty]

Actually kinda like that... 😀👍

[JohnG45]

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.”

“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.”

Regardless of premise, the sentence structure used by Dr. Inoue in this Press Release is flawless and therefore adheres to all the "proper American grammar standards."

My only conclusion is that Dr. Inoue himself must be racist and is so dumb that he has hoisted himself on his own petard.

[TXBlair]

It is racist of the University of Washington to assume that ethnic minorities are incapable of using standard American English. This is a good example of what George W. Bush would have called “the soft bigotry of low expectations.”

[DiogenesLamp]

University of Washington Declares Proper Grammar Is Racist

Asserting that a particular race of people are too stupid to learn the normal grammar of English, is what is Racist.

[DiogenesLamp]

When this gets around, all the alphabet networks will be hiring people you can’t understand — to show that they’re not racist.

That's what they did with Obama.

[silverleaf]

Sho nuff

[xrmusn]

Just to keep up, don’t the Brits think that WE butchered their language?

[blu]

So, my continuous mocking the use of “axe” when clearly the correct pronunciation is “ask” is racist? So be it! I will mock on!

[Pollster1]

Teaching kids that bad grammar is okay and then giving them a college degree when they don't learn to communicate clearly?

[Tax-chick]

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

"Flawless"? Sorry, this guy had his Content-Free Sentence Generator set to Sporkweasel.

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

[jazminerose]

How about they just post a list of stuff that isn’t rayciss?

[sit-rep]

these people need to be removed... permanently..

[JohnG45]

"Flawless"? Sorry, this guy had his Content-Free Sentence Generator set to Sporkweasel.

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

Quite obviously you are a racist.

[Tax-chick]

Totally. I’m also a snob, and I can tell you that someone who writes “differently than” is trying way too hard.

[plangent]

The point is clear communication with others. Precision and consistancy in grammar sharpens ideas. Everyone speaks from the same rule book and can understand one another better.

Imagine the confusion when one or two members of the group start speaking with nonsense pronouns to hide meaning or create sentences that jumble word relationships.

Univ. of Washington is turning into he land of Babel.

[theelephantway]

I am signing up for Caveman 101 in the Fall semester so I can learn to speak and not offend.

[Sirius Lee]

Why, they have huge libraries that are just chock full o' books with proper grammar.

It won't be long now until the "antifas" folks start burning those books in big bonfires to the cheers of their fellow boko harum colleagues and the nodding approval of the msm.