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A guide to inclusive language published by a Colorado State University task force cautions students, faculty, and staff to avoid the use of the terms "America" and "American," among others, some of which might not be known to the common person to be considered offensive.

The Inclusive Language Guide was compiled by Colorado State's Inclusive Communications Task Force with the goal of "helping communicators practice inclusive language and helping everyone on our campus feel welcomed, respected, and valued."

The guide explains why "America/American" is a "word/phrase to avoid":

"The Americas encompass a lot more than the United States. There is South America, Central America, Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean just to name a few of 42 countries in total. That's why the word "americano" in Spanish can refer to anything on the American continent. Yet, when we talk about "Americans" in the United States, we're usually just referring to people from the United States. This erases other cultures and depicts the United States as the dominant American country."

Instead, people should say "U.S. citizen" or "person from the U.S."

Much of the document is devoted to eliminating the use of common words that express or imply gender or biological sex, such as "freshman," "policeman," "male," and "female."

"Male and female refers to biological sex and not gender," the guide explains. "In terms of communication methods (articles, social media, etc.), we very rarely need to identify or know a person's biological sex and more often are referring to gender. In these cases, using gender identity terms is preferred."

The guide also discourages the use of "he" or "she," instead guiding students to use terms such as "They/them/theirs/ Ze/hir/hir" because "he" and "she" "imply that gender is binary (i.e. either man or woman)."

(H/T Campus Reform)


What a way to start the morning. I know CSU is not getting any more of my money.

Oh for F ucks sake!

Deltakid: Sad!
It seems that Colorado is turning into kalifornicationkopia "east" of recent.
You are doing the right thing - withholding your financial support - I think a pointed yet polite letter to the "offenders" might also do some good?
Again, sad!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

"1984"

RS

what if they beat CU in football?

I've never understood why anyone would voluntarily give money to the State.

RS

I believe that the U.S. of AMERICA is the only country to use the name America in it's name (am I missing any others?). So, technically it's correct to call ourselves Americans. I will continue to do so and screw the liberals.
My chromosomes are X and Y. My wife's are 2 X's. When they find someone with a Z, I'll start changing what I call them but for now it's 'he', 'she', and 'pervert'.

Yep and Merry Christmas to you all.

Pretty soon we won’t even be able to look at each other for fear of offending someone with a look as with those Roman Catholic kids in DC during pro life march.

CSU is my alma mater too, and in my time it was the more conservative of the schools.

I guess carrying a prof's rifle down the hall after I had worked on it wouldn't go over too well these days.

Paul

They would throw rocks at you. It’s likely they have buckets of rocks hidden in each classroom for that very reason.

I much prefer thinking of the US as the dominant country in the Americas so maybe I will start referring to it as THE America. And the the people as THE Americans.

The Ohio State be damned!

I already sent the polite "you can go to hell" email to the alumni association after that Poon b***h and her comments about whites and the open and naked racism that the left seems to totally ignore. I haven't decided whether to root for the football team yet - Bobo just does not seem to have the OOMPH to get them up. At least there is still Wyoming and Boise State.

It really seems that CSU (like Colorado) is racing CU to see which school can hit bottom faster. Boulder has the advantage in that it is a totally liberal s**t hole of a town, but Ft Collins is fast catching up.

Can you still use " 'merican "?

I am a CSU alum and worked for them for 30 years in the Ag Experiment Station. Their “New Direction” is the reason I decided to move on.

I've been pulling some good maters out of my garden last few days.

It used to be College was a place where you went to learn new things, meet new people and be exposed to new ideas and get you ready to go out into a work world to prove yourself.

Now they want to create a safe place where the little snowflakes are not offended or made uncomfortable. This should work out well for them.

Someone better tell the Canucks that. I've been called an American many times while traveling through their lovely country (politics aside).

That don't pinch my balls none at all. Maybe it's the pleasant tone of voice and lack of sneer.

They are sneaky like that.

This is crap we have fighting against in Colorado. But we losing inch by inch.

What he said.