The “Harmful Language” Initiative. When has language ever harmed anyone?
“In May, Stanford University developed the “Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative” to replace certain words and phrases on its website with approved alternatives.
The list of soon-to-be banned terms includes the label “American,” which Stanford argues is too US-centric and ignorant of the other forty-one countries that also exist in the region. The university suggests “US citizen” as an alternative.”
