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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Might as well remove the word work while they're at it. That's a "White thang".
Practicum Trips?
It all makes perfect sense when you learn they all have single-cell brains.
I really need to go out and mow the weeds out in my practicum.
"Higher" is offensive to short people. It implies that only tall people can learn.
I guess there are no bounds on stupidity.
How is the word field derived from the Latin word ager? The word agriculture, yes, but I don’t see how field comes from ager.
BTW -
“ The origin of the term ‘field day’ comes from the military and refers to maneuvers that took place in a field, but by the 1800s, the phrase was used to refer to any event that happened in a field, ranging from a hunt to a dance to a picnic to a scientific expedition.”
watching that last USC football game they definitly need more practicum before going on the field.
Side bar. The legendary USC coach John MacKay was asked after a game: What do you think of your offenses execution
MacKay: I think it’s a good idea.
Have they got to “grunt work” yet?
practicum is Latin
field is Germanic
Practicum
Has 3 syllables.
Supremacist language at its best.
Field.
A multi-use word.
I field her up.
Sure glad I retired in 1986...
Physicists will soon not be able to state that they are working in that, apparently racist, field-theory-related aspect of fundamental physics...
The Bears football team are likely to be relocating to Arlington. Otherwise, Lightfoot would have a big decision to make about Soldiers Field.
I wonder how many “underserved educationally” brown or black people have a familiarity with a Latin word like “practicum”
So how did the word field come from Latin if it’s really from the German word.
I’m not trying to be difficult, I am interested in how the word field came from the word ager.
People choose to go to USC over UCLA because it is easier to spell.
It doesn’t.
Practicum is the $5 Latin word.
Field is the 50 cent Germanic word.
I have my estimates and invoices divided into field work and office work.
I guess it will be simple enough to have WORD replace “field” with “practicum”.
Of course it will take a couple of paragraphs to explain it.
I suppose that “office work” is racist as well? Too white?? (White collar...)
*** How about “community work” ***
Too much like community service which implies a run-in with the law, which is racist.
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