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A comment on Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative. Parent comment

Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by TeMPOraL on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @10:21AM (#34067092)
> So we end up banning terms like "blacklist" (which has little or nothing to do with race as far as I can tell) and keep around terms like "grandfathered-in", which really do have roots in oppression:

FWIW, they included that one on the list.

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Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by rpdillon on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @10:47AM (#34067498)
Ah, I think I had searched for it before I had expanded all the categories. Thanks for pointing that out!
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