One of the words that was deemed harmful was “American.”
Stanford University appears to be distancing itself from its own IT Department after the school was mocked on the internet over the department’s recently published “Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative,” which deems certain words and phrases “violent,” “ableist,” and “culturally appropriative,” among other pejoratives. The university also announced that the IT Department’s guide “does not represent university policy” and is currently under review.
“It also does not represent mandates or requirements,” the university continued. “The website was created by, and intended for discussion within, the IT community at Stanford.” Instead of saying “American,” Stanford’s IT department“We have particularly heard concerns about the guide’s treatment of the term ‘American.’ We understand and appreciate those concerns,” Stanford said in its statement. “To be very clear, not only is the use of the term ‘American’ not banned at Stanford, it is absolutely welcomed.”
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