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Language Police: USC Removes ‘Field’ from ‘Field Work’ Because It May Be ‘Anti-Black or Anti-Immigrant
Breitbart ^ | 01/11/2023 | ALANA MASTRANGELO

Posted on 01/11/2023 9:15:29 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

USC’s School of Social Work is removing the word “field” from its curriculum and practice, arguing that it “could be considered anti-black or anti-immigrant” to say someone is “going into the field” or conducting “field work.” The university explains, “our goal is not just to change language but to honor and acknowledge inclusion and reject white supremacy, anti-immigrant and anti-blackness ideologies.”

“We have decided to remove the term ‘field’ from our curriculum and practice and replace it with ‘practicum.’ This change supports anti-racist social work practice by replacing language that could be considered anti-black or anti-immigrant in favor of inclusive language,” a letter from the Practicum Education Department read.

The letter was shared by Houman David Hemmati, a board-certified MD Ophthalmologist and Ph.D. research scientist, who said the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work “will no longer use the word ‘field’ (as in ‘conducting field work’) because it’s perceived as racist.”

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1 posted on 01/11/2023 9:15:29 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No more Field Trips, kids.


2 posted on 01/11/2023 9:17:29 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Government always tries to steal freedom; People should always try to stop Government.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

1984 squared.


3 posted on 01/11/2023 9:18:05 AM PST by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

and how do all the boys on the ball FIELD feel about it???

oh right, they’re all slaves, i forgot...


4 posted on 01/11/2023 9:18:33 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I did “field work” for electrical distribution design.
Almost completely white males. Zero offended…
Even the females and non whites weren’t offended.
Now, if office work was called house n***** work, well…


5 posted on 01/11/2023 9:19:27 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Chode

If you look up the definition for Practicum it says….“A practicum is an undergraduate or graduate-level course, often in a specialized field of study, that is designed to give students supervised practical application…”


6 posted on 01/11/2023 9:19:58 AM PST by Karma_Sherab
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What could possibly be racist about the word field; oh I forgot, we are talking libtards.


7 posted on 01/11/2023 9:20:04 AM PST by Jean2
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This is so effing stupid!


8 posted on 01/11/2023 9:20:06 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

All the old name schools in California are a joke now


9 posted on 01/11/2023 9:20:49 AM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

These people are lunatics.


10 posted on 01/11/2023 9:22:20 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: ClearCase_guy

“No more Field Trips, kids.”

True, they’ll have to simply call them “trips”.


11 posted on 01/11/2023 9:22:24 AM PST by BobL
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Apparently they have no Field of Vision.


12 posted on 01/11/2023 9:22:44 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Language Police: USC Removes ‘English Language’ Because It May Be ‘Anti-Black or Anti-Immigrant


13 posted on 01/11/2023 9:22:52 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Practicum trips. Rolls right off the tongue.


14 posted on 01/11/2023 9:23:55 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The GOOD news is that parents can now save big money NOT sending their kids to a toilet bowl like USC, unless they want them to turn into a little woke zombie. I think the time is coming when parents will wake up and trade schools will experience a big revival. Can always use more plumbers, electricians, contractors, etc. and they can make very good money.


15 posted on 01/11/2023 9:25:45 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: ChicagoConservative27

USC needs to remove “learning” from their description of “higher learning”


16 posted on 01/11/2023 9:26:20 AM PST by PGR88
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Remove ‘work’ too, it recalls slavery.


17 posted on 01/11/2023 9:26:51 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“practicum” sounds racist to me—obviously some Karen honkies came up with that dumb word!


18 posted on 01/11/2023 9:26:53 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: BobL
“No more Field Trips, kids.” True, they’ll have to simply call them “trips”.

Oh noes. Can't call them "trips", as that would imply drug use. Can't impugn the poor widdle darlings.

19 posted on 01/11/2023 9:27:55 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hell, “work” could itself be viewed as anti-black, so dump that too.


20 posted on 01/11/2023 9:28:17 AM PST by Boogieman
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