I think this is an excellent idea. We used to have a booklet on good
speak, bad speak and no speak (ie "Totem and Taboo in North Bongo
Bongo") issued under Multiculturalism Minister Jerry Wiener. Long, long
ago (when Barney Frank was just a little Fairy and Jerry was just a little
Wiener) Canada/USA were very different countries and we didn't think we
needed such guidelines. But every culture has such a code. Levity aside I
think it is something which we should have in the utmost detail so we all
know where matters stand. Gosh, I wonder...when it is all set out who will
be at the top of the totem and who will be at the bottom of multicultural
Bongo Bongo North. And what kind of caricatures will the wood carvers
give us while avoiding political incorrectness?
FWP
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Carl Amedio wrote:
> `Offensive' words are history, says British college
>
> By MARTIN BENTHAM
> LONDON
> Tuesday 13 June 2000
>
> A British college has banned the use of more than 40 "offensive" words and
> phrases including "normal couple" and "slaving over a hot stove" under equal
> opportunities rules that staff and students must follow.
>
> Stockport College, in Greater Manchester, has also outlawed "taking the
> mickey" (anti-Irish), "history" (sexist), "lady" and "gentleman" (have class
> implications).
>
> Among the groups that college officials said could be offended are women,
> homosexuals and ethnic minorities.
>
> Students are also told not to risk upsetting the mentally ill through the use
> of words such as "mad", "manic" and "crazy".
>
> Meanwhile, the expression "slaving over a hot stove" is ruled to be
> inappropriate because it "minimises the horror and oppression of the slave
> trade".
>
> To ensure that its rules on language are followed, the college, which has
> 15,000 students aged from 16, says that it "will make it a condition of
> service and admission that employees and students adhere to this policy".
>
>
> But Nick Seaton, the chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, condemned
> the guidelines.
>
> "They should be concentrating on teaching their students, instead of trying
> to ban words, which any ordinary person would regard as an everyday part of
> the English language," he said.
>
> The college guidelines, titled Equal Opportunities - Policy into Practice,
> concedes that concern over language can go "too far".
>
> But it gives a warning that it is easy to create offence.
>
> The use of "normal couple" is questioned, with the guidelines asking: "How do
> you define normal?"And the words "queer" and "cripple" are banned, except
> where homosexuals and disabled people have "reclaimed" them.
>
> Richard Tuson, a college spokesman, insisted that the use of appropriate
> language was important.
>
> "We vigorously pursue an equal opportunities policy and we try to be as
> politically correct as possible, without being tedious," he said.
>
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