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The next step....

http://heatst.com/culture-wars/uw-milwau...razy-and-trash/

UW-Milwaukee Posters Warn Students Not to Say ‘Politically Correct’, Or Use Words Like ‘Lame’, ‘Crazy’ and ‘Trash’

By Jillian Kay Melchior | 9:53 pm, August 20, 2016
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee recently warned students not to use the phrase “politically correct,” which it said “has become a way to deflect, say that people are being too ‘sensitive’ and police language,” adding that it is “disconnected from authentic understanding of impact.”

That’s just one of the words or phrases highlighted in the Center for Inclusive Excellence’s “Just Words” campaign, which is hanging posters around campus.

Proscribed words or phrases on the Just Words posters include: “lame,” which “ridicules and ignores the lives of amputees”; “man up,” which “suggests there is only one way to be a man, also suggests that women can’t be courageous, strong, etc.”; “third world,” which “reinforces hierarchical attitudes toward nations around the world, establishes Westernized (industrialized) countries and cultures as the ‘standard,’ upon which to measure national well-being or economic status”; and “crazy,” which “creates a negative and demeaning perspective of people with mental health diagnoses.”

Student fees, not tax dollars, fund the Just Words program, which UW-Milwaukee spokeswoman Michelle Johnson says was created in response to “a growing number of questions and comments from students about micro-aggressions, what they meant and where they come from.”

UW-Milwaukee went to some effort to determine which words may be “microaggressive” or dismissive. First, it reviewed existing research on problematic language, also meeting with students and faculty.

“The team used multiple sources to explore the origins, context, and impacts of the terms and phrases, including multiple dictionaries and people’s experiences with words,” says Johnson. “Once the team arrived at an initial description of the origin and impact of the term, we asked colleagues, peers and experts to review and offer their input.”

The Center for Inclusive Excellence also asks students to send in words they missed for consideration.

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It's hard to believe for us "old-timers" how very different a world is being created by these babies. We were taught there was a line we shouldn't cross, no hitting. But the words could never hurt us. We didn't know about "micro-aggressions". I'm glad we didn't. TM