twitchy.com By Brett T.
Usually, when we do posts like this it’s because the AP Stylebook has come up with a new rule, such as don’t use “illegal immigrant” in a news story you’re writing about illegal immigrants. Capitalize Black but don’t capitalize white because, you know, white supremacists would like that.
It turns out that Stanford University has something called the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative, and the Wall Street Journal has an opinion piece about it Monday. Among those words that have been deemed harmful, and therefore pegged for elimination on all university documents and websites, are “American,” “immigrant,” and “master,” among others.
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Caravan to Midnight
