STANFORD REVIEW–
Editor’s Note: The following piece is the only Review article that will ever contain a trigger warning. Why? Well… according to Stanford’s new ‘harmful language’ initiative, the phrase “trigger warning” is now unacceptable.
Stanford’s IT department recently launched its Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative, created by the Stanford CIO Council (CIOC) and People of Color in Technology (POC-IT). Stanford IT took a stab at putting together a master list of ‘harmful terms’ and suggested alternative phrases to use instead. Ironically, according to the guide, POC-IT should change its name, as people of color (used generically) is “imprecise language.” We at the Review are ballsy, therefore we’ve committed numerous violations of the ‘harmful language standard’ throughout the text — they are all bolded to show that we know the new rules, but choose to ignore them.
Ostensibly, the goal is to make people of color and other perceived victims of historical injustice more comfortable as users of Stanford technology. A cursory review of the page, however, should be shocking to any normal person for its sheer insanity. Though Stanford chose to hide the document behind a secure sign-on after it started circulating, you can view the entire list of ‘harmful language’ here.
Of course, this type of stupidity is no surprise coming from the Stanford administration. Stanford whips its freshmen into shape during its ultra-politically correct student orientation and continually pressures students to submit to the woke newspeak regime. These crazy and Orwellian rules of engagement on campus include putting one’s preferred pronouns on their dorm room door, and including them in all introductions as a rule of thumb. Continue reading…
