{"id":17696,"date":"2015-02-10T09:21:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T07:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=17696"},"modified":"2015-02-10T09:21:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T07:21:15","slug":"public-us-university-polices-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=17696","title":{"rendered":"Public US university polices language"},"content":{"rendered":"

Words declared unacceptable through the campaign include \u201ccrazy,\u201d \u201cinsane,\u201d \u201cretarded,\u201d \u201cgay,\u201d \u201ctranny,\u201d \u201cgypped,\u201d “jewed”, \u201cillegal alien,\u201d \u201cfag,\u201d \u201cghetto\u201d and \u201craghead.\u201d Phrases such as \u201cI want to die\u201d and \u201cthat test raped me\u201d are also verboten.<\/p>\n

University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald told The College Fix in an email the campaign aims to \u201caddress campus climate by helping individuals understand that their words can impact someone and to encourage individuals to commit to creating a positive campus community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students have been asked to sign a pledge to \u201cuse inclusive language\u201d and to help their peers \u201cunderstand the importance of using inclusive language,\u201d according to campaign materials.<\/p>\n

Though only in existence for one semester, the Inclusive Language Campaign has maintained a strong presence throughout the university. Students roaming the campus frequently encounter posters of all sizes reminding them: \u201cYOUR WORDS MATTER,\u201d and asking questions such as: \u201cIf you knew that I grew up in poverty, would you still call things \u2018ghetto\u2019 and \u2018ratchet\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

Representatives of the Inclusive Language Campaign did not respond to repeated requests for comment from The College Fix.<\/p>\n

Junior Kidada Malloy, who helps promote the program on campus, told the Michigan Daily the campaign \u201cis a great program because it will improve the day-to-day language of students on campus by providing education around words that are offensive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fitzgerald told The College Fix the university budgeted $16,000 for the campaign. The program comes at a time when the university has raised tuition and fees for the last two consecutive years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis program is intended to be educational, not regulatory,\u201d Fitzgerald said of the campaign. \u201cWe hope there is only the understanding that we all participate in, and have the power to influence campus culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

ILC\u2019s Facebook page includes a variety of inclusion-based material, inspirational quotes, personal stories, and even a video that details how to address a person by the correct pronouns. It operates in conjunction with two other campuswide initiatives, Expect Respect and Change It Up!, both of which emphasize inclusive words in and out of the classroom.<\/p>\n

Students living in university housing are urged to take part in a Change It Up! workshop, which \u201cbrings bystander intervention skills to first-year housing residents for the purpose of building safe, inclusive, and respectful communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before and after completing these workshops, students fill out surveys in which they reflect on internal biases that may pose a threat to an \u201cinclusive campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the Inclusive Language Campaign has enlarged its influence on campus through various kick-off events, interactive programming and provoking visuals, some students have called into question how it reconciles with the university\u2019s policy on free speech, which \u201cencourages open and vigorous discussion and strives to maintain an environment where the free exchange of ideas and opinions can flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if the campaign stifles free speech, Fitzgerald said \u201cwe believe this program has just the opposite effect.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe it will make discourse more constructive by respecting the views and perspectives of others,\u201d he said. \u201cA campus conversation about the impact of words is good for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The University of Maryland launched a similar campaign three years ago that cost $15,000.\"ILC\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: College Fix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Words declared unacceptable through the campaign include \u201ccrazy,\u201d \u201cinsane,\u201d \u201cretarded,\u201d \u201cgay,\u201d \u201ctranny,\u201d \u201cgypped,\u201d “jewed”, \u201cillegal alien,\u201d \u201cfag,\u201d \u201cghetto\u201d and \u201craghead.\u201d Phrases such as \u201cI want to die\u201d and \u201cthat test raped me\u201d are also verboten. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald told The College Fix in an email the campaign aims to \u201caddress campus climate by helping … Continue reading “Public US university polices language”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2961,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[544,10975,10976,295,10974,10977,1638],"class_list":["post-17696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-united-states","tag-freedom-of-speech","tag-gypsies","tag-inclusivity","tag-jews","tag-language-police","tag-public-university","tag-us"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2961"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17698,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17696\/revisions\/17698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}