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Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative

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Re: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative

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Post by tzs »

nfw2 wrote: post #77

The inclusion of "Hispanic => Latinx" is staggering because: - The vast majority of Hispanic people don't like "Latinx" - "Latinx" was invented to avoid gendered words like "Latino", and "Hispanic" isn't gendered - It's listed under "imprecise language", but "Latinx" isn't any more precise. It's so ironic that "colonialism" has now come to mean anything progressive academics don't like, but telling a minority group w…

> - The vast majority of Hispanic people don't like "Latinx"

It's worse than that. The majority of Hispanic people (around 75%) haven't even heard of it [1]. Only about 3% use it. Even among the demographic that it has the most recognition in (ages 18-29) only 42% of heard of it, and only 7% use it.

Many also find it offensive [2].

[1] https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in...

[2] https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/many-latinos-say-latin...

Re: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative

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Post by throwaway675309 »

These types of linguistic obfuscations remind me of the increasingly complex bodies of law in America. (like tax code for example). It seems like they're designed specifically so that one can always go after one's enemies by interpreting whatever they say in the worst possible faith.

Re: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative

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Post by sverona »

kepler1 wrote: post #8

I mean, if you ever wanted to get on the bandwagon of why we have so many college administrators responsible for raising the cost of college and creating work for themselves by stoking culture wars, just read through the list on that page. ------- "> Instead of: Philippine Islands > Consider using: Philippines or the Republic of the Philippines > Context: The term is politically incorrect and denotes colonialism. Som…

Hi. I'm nonbinary. I do, in fact, honestly and genuinely think that Newspeaking the rest of you into believing that I'm not someone with some kind of horrible mental illness or whatever it is you want to believe these days is a Good Thing. And it's fewer words. So please stop saying "preferred pronouns." I've also heard people say "PGPs," meaning "preferred gender pronouns," which is silly and makes me think you're talking about encryption. Please also stop saying "identifies as." I don't identify as a damn thing, I am who I am.

You have no chance to survive, make your time, ha ha ha ha...

Re: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative

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Post by akomtu »

rendall wrote: post #47

I heard a theory that woke is actually a class marker of manners, indicating that someone has the time and privilege to track the constantly shifting, baroque signals of what is and is not acceptable to say during any given season. If someone were to make that case, this could be evidence in favor.

You know, we should introduce woke battles: they are a mix of public debates and rap battles. Participants take turns to berate each other and demonstrate wokeness. The jury watch the debate closely and try to get offended.

Re: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative

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Post by akomtu »

boredumb wrote: post #86

This is absolute insanity - I do not mean surprising/wild, I mean the people/organizations who have curated this page of random innocuous words and contexts have completely lost touch with reality and should be relieved of any serious positions in higher learning. You can't use the word brave anymore? What in the hell is going on with academics?

Not everyone who looks like an adult is an adult mentally. Some get stuck in college, some in high school, some in kindergarten. I believe that most of the woke types are the kindergarten type: they are doing the right thing, but in their local coordinate system.

Re: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative

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Post by akomtu »

jarbus wrote: post #87

Another reason to not go into academia. Really surprised at how far reaching these things are, they really tried to think of as many things as possible despite almost nobody complaining. Like "tarball". Really? Double plus ungood, stanford.

I'd compare them with a gang that blocks roads to collect fees. Each word is like a road, and these types want to install toll boths on some words.

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Post by Natsu »

pannSun wrote: post #6

> Instead of "blind review", consider using "anonymous review". Context: Unintentionally perpetuates that disability is somehow abnormal or negative, furthering an ableist culture. But.. disability is abnormal and negative? How tortured of a definition of 'normal' must one use to make blindness normal? And I suspect if the author of that sentence were offered, say, $100,000 to undergo a painless but irreversible blin…

Or how come "boomer" isn't listed under ageism? It's not like anyone choose to be born then and it's literally used as a slur.
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