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. "We clearly missed the mark," the school added.
A new interactive online quiz from The New York Times include the opinions of newspaper employees who shared their thoughts on terms like "illegal alien" and more.
The historic campus of Stanford University was purging its university website of words such as “American” and “prisoner” and “grandfathered” until its plans went public. A critic of the effort says the goal is to eliminate any trace of normalcy.
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. "We clearly missed the mark," the school added.