Stanford University just banned the word “American” and a lot of other language the school now deems harmful.

[Greenbacks]

 

[PatsFan1283]

Other terms have offensive origins, like “Indian giver.” Stanford says the “term likely derives from misunderstandings about trade customs in early relationships between Indigenous people and White settlers. It is a slur that should not be used to describe anyone.”

lol damn

 

[peanuts]

This is crazy. Who made them the judge of what is deemed harmful?

 

[peanuts]

 

[skoda]

Whose choice was this?

 

[Greenbacks]

 

[Michelangelo]

Only in this pussified country could brave be synonymous with savage.

Give me the language prevalent in America during World War II. Those Americans had their shit together.

 

[HamGlaze]

THIS..