Stanford University published a list of words and phrases deemed “harmful language.” The school plans to eliminate this language from its websites and computer code, and also suggested words and phrases to serve as replacements.
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“Content Warning: This website contains language that is offensive or harmful. Please engage with this website at your own pace,” the guide warned. The guide has also deemed the term “ballsy” harmful, because it “attributes personality traits to anatomy.” Instead, the school suggests using the words “bold” or “risk-taker.”
In the institutionalized racism category, the guide advises against using terms like “black mark,” “black sheep,” and “blackballed,” among others, claiming they “assign negative connotations to the color black, racializing the term.”
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