Posted on 02/03/2021 6:32:36 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Amid a nationwide movement to remove statues, symbols, and words in the name of inclusion, Campus Reform rounded up recent examples of words that have been banned on college campuses.
1. MSU eliminates the terms 'foreign' and 'alien'
Michigan State University announced it would no longer use the terms “foreign” and “alien” in order to create a more inclusive environment. In October, Provost Teresa Woodruff addressed the Associated Students of MSU general assembly to announce the new “non-pejorative” language. Woodruff stated that moving forward, international students should be referred to as “non-domestic” or “international” to help “create a culture of not us vs. them, but of each other.”
2. UPitt scraps “homecoming king” and “homecoming queen” titles
After the University of Pittsburgh’s Alumni Association called for a policy change to end the use of the terms “king” and “queen,” the university announced in October that it will no longer use the traditional titles. Vice Chancellor for Alumni Relations Nancy Merritt called the terms “antiquated” language. Instead, the school will provide a “Spirt of Pitt" award to homecoming royalty.
3. UC tells students ‘do not’ say ‘Chinese Virus' and do not allow others to say it
In March, the University of California’s Council of Chief Diversity officers released a “guidance document” regarding how to hold a “positive and inclusive” campus climate during the pandemic. The list tells students and faculty to “reject racism, sexism, xenophobia and all hateful or intolerant speech, both in person and online.” It also instructs students to not use terms such as “Chinese Virus” and to not allow the use of these terms by others.
4. UVA instructor wants to ban the term ‘student-athlete’
An instructor at the University of Virginia called to abolish the phrase “student-athlete," claiming it has "arguably racial" undertones. In an op-ed, Molly Harry defended calling the term racially charged by saying that “today, the majority of revenue-producing athletes in the sports of football and men’s basketball are Black. They are coached mostly by White men.” She also pointed out that the man who coined the term student-athlete was a White man.
5. Vanderbilt lists "sexual reassignment surgery" as an "outdated" term
In December, Vanderbilt University published a "Gender Affirmation Toolkit" for its employees in an effort to create a safe work environment. The toolkit explains how to properly use terms like "gender identity," "gender expression," and "sexual orientation.” It also listed "sexual reassignment surgery" on its list of "outdated" and "demeaning" words.
6. Leading ‘anti-racist’ prof calls the term ‘legal vote’ ‘racist’
In November, Boston University's Director of the Center for Anti-Racist Research Ibram Kendi said the phrase "legal vote" is racist. He said it is "as fictionally fraught and functionally racist as the terms 'illegal alien' and 'race neutral' and 'welfare queen' and 'handouts' and 'super predator' and 'crackbaby' and 'personal responsibility' and 'post racial."
"The misinformation of widespread voter fraud—or 'illegal voting' —in Detroit, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Phoenix where Black and Brown voters predominate is baked into the term 'legal vote,'" Kendi added. "No matter what GOP propaganda says, there’s nothing wrong with those voters and votes."
The word "stole" is racist!
Regards,
I’m so glad I finished up with
college in ‘82.
In those days, if someone said
something that offended (you),
they generally were off your social
calendar, and it was left at that.
YES you can ‘self-identify as Joe DiMaggio - - and within the nutty democrat mentality YOU can sue the New York Yankees for not accepting YOU - - AND for NOT putting YOU back on the team.
YOU ARE Joe DiMaggio IF you THINK you’re Joe DiMaggio...
(Yes, democrats are nuts...)
STEM jobs are going to fore__gners.
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Parents can avoid 99% of this crap if they simply KEEP THEIR KIDS HOME and have them commute to classes. But once they live on campus, it’s simply GAME OVER for them.
Re post 14: Yes.
I wasn’t thinking about the NY Yankees, I was thinking about Marilyn.
What about the word TRAITOR?
Haw-haw!!!!
The article provides an important illustration of campus life in the USA.
Every major university coast to coast has become a communist indoctrination center (Liberty U., Hillsdale College, and some Christian schools are sometimes exceptions). I went to Western Kentucky University and got a masters at the University of Alabama. I currently work at Auburn University. All three of these institutions have a political correctness gestapo who are well-paid, have multiple offices on campus, and have real power to hound the student body, faculty, and staff. But most of the liberal arts faculty are communists too and that goes double for the History Departments.
Any terms that we would use in an argument are now racist, including articles and conjunctions. They just keep yelling “Racist” until we stop talking.
So is fascism and communism, you Vandy pointy-head dolt.
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