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The Language Police at Stanford and USC
Youtube ^ | January 14, 2023 | Gad Saad

Posted on 01/15/2023 2:09:33 PM PST by Fiji Hill

The Stanford document in question: https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/stanfordlanguage.pdf

The USC letter can be seen in the following tweet: https://twitter.com/GadSaad/status/1613154300036800512?s=20&t=TRhy0Pe4juil4KYsOnqXHw

My Psychology Today article from which I read: On the Follies of the Politically Correct Language Police.


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: academia; california; education; freespeech; pc
In a 36-minute video, Gad Saad, a rising star in the fight against wokism, cancel culture and political corectness discusses the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative a project recently launched by Stanford University to eliminate “many forms of harmful language including racist, violent and biased...language in Stanford websites and code.”

Terms that Stanford seek to banish include “addicted,” which “Trivializes the experiences of people who deal with substance abuse issues.” Use “hooked” or “devoted” instead, and in place of “addict,” use “person with a substance use disorder ”--or in other words, replace one word with six.

“Blind review” is a term tbhat “Trivializes the experiences of people who deal with substance abuse issues.” So use “Anonymous review” instead.

“Brave” should not be used at all because “This term perpetuates the stereotype of the "noble courageous savage," equating the Indigenous male as being less than a man.”

“Guru” should not be used because “in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions, the word is a sign of respect. Using it casually negates its original value.” “Subject expert,” “teacher” or “leader” should be used instead. ,p> Don't say “American” because “This term often refers to people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the US is the most important country in the Americas (which is actually made up of 42 countries). “ Say “US Citizen” instead.

Don't say “Hispanic” because “its roots lie in Spain's colonization of South American countries.” Instead, say “Latinx” (pronounced “lat-inks”).

And so on. Saad notes that students spend $80,000 per year to attend Stanford and have their minds cleansed.

1 posted on 01/15/2023 2:09:33 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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2 posted on 01/15/2023 2:13:26 PM PST by simpson96
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To: Fiji Hill

Gad Saad? Killer name.


3 posted on 01/15/2023 2:18:24 PM PST by Fungi
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To: Fiji Hill

Allegories are also microagressions , for example ; saying the sun “rises and sets” is so Neanderthal, it must be changed to the sun “appears or disappears” in order to be progressive and accept the science, (unlike the flat earth trump supporters)


4 posted on 01/15/2023 2:25:45 PM PST by KTM rider (what if a real J6 happens someday, instead of a silly false flag show )
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People have choices as to what language they employ to describe things. You will not dictate to me what words I can and cannot use.


5 posted on 01/15/2023 2:28:47 PM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Fiji Hill

Anything you say can and will be used against you.


6 posted on 01/15/2023 2:30:18 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Fiji Hill

Basic cost at either school to be taught CRT B$ posing as knowledge.

$75,000


7 posted on 01/15/2023 2:32:28 PM PST by Grampa Dave ((Truth is hate speech to those, who hate the truth!) (clintonh8r))
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To: Fiji Hill

I cannot pinpoint in time the precise moment in time in which this nonsense began but it was likely sometime around when “manhole covers” became un-PC.


8 posted on 01/15/2023 2:35:25 PM PST by fretzer
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To: Fungi
I keep wondering how long the Stanford wokesters will "allow" their Hoover Institute to remain (Victor Davis Hansen, Thomas Sowell etc).
9 posted on 01/15/2023 2:35:57 PM PST by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: fretzer

I first became aware of this nonsense in 1972 when the Stanford football team changed their name from the Indians to the Cardinals. This immediately struck me as stupid, since the name was meant to honor and celebrate American Indians.


10 posted on 01/15/2023 2:46:01 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

DemocRATS love to divide, divide, divide. They just love finding more and more ways to divide us up, and then pit one group against another. They are, after all, the party of segregation and the KKK.

Stanford University, while touting and celebrating ‘diversity’ has developed segregated housing:

Ujamaa House is for African-American;

Okada House is for Asians;

Casa Zapata is for Chicanx and Latinx (99% of Spanish speakers do not like the new Latinx phraseology, and they do not speak Latin either).

The Stanford University website explains: “”Our ethnic theme communities have a rich and long history of engaging students at the highest levels of intellectual discovery and advancing diversity””

‘Advancing diversity’ by segregation. Sounds right out of 1984.


11 posted on 01/15/2023 3:37:35 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: llevrok

It was recently announced Hanson will be at Pepperdine in Malibu, not sure what position.


12 posted on 01/15/2023 3:39:24 PM PST by Fungi
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To: Fiji Hill

These mentally ill left-wing morons have WAY too much time on their hands.


13 posted on 01/15/2023 7:59:02 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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