Sunday, May 28, 2017

Caroline Camden Lewis: Social Justice Grammar and 'Zir' Own Agenda — The Patriot Post

Caroline Camden Lewis: Social Justice Grammar and 'Zir' Own Agenda — The Patriot Post:
Image result for Social Justice Grammar"This year, Merriam-Webster released the new “Eleventh Edition Collegiate Dictionary,” which has been lauded as a “courageous” step against racism, exclusivity and gender-bias.
This edition adds 1,000 new words including “micro-aggression,” “safe-space” and other “lingual innovations.”
The glowing announcement from the See Thru Edu (a project of the Texas Public Policy Foundation) praises Merriam-Webster for joining “the fight for social justice” stating, “Soon, it will be impossible to use any word or grammar that has not been approved as multiculturally-sensitive, nonsexist, inclusive, inoffensive, nondiscriminatory, nonracist, diplomatic, gender-free or non-biased.”...
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