How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?

Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by netrus on Saturday September 04, 2021 @05:54AM (#28413642)

I would love to have more pronouns in signatures. I cannot count the times I used Google picture search to figure out the gender of students from cultures I am not well educated about (Chinese, Indian, Arabic, Vietnamese ...). Many foreign students adopted a western name to mitigate such problems. Yikes!

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Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by yodsanklai on Saturday September 04, 2021 @08:16AM (#28414402)

Never found this to be an issue. When in doubt, simply don't use the pronoun and use their first name to refer to them.

> Many foreign students adopted a western name to mitigate such problems

It has more to do with pronunciation.

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Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by Glide on Saturday September 04, 2021 @09:00AM (#28414698)

The western name thing is all about pronunciation. It also helps when you realize all other personal information on a candidate might be redacted, except for a name. It predates the current cultural climate by decades.

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