Stanford University adds 'American' to its list of 'harmful language'
7 other times institutions attempted to strip words, pronouns from English lexicon
6. Berkeley City Council bans 'man' words
In 2019, the city of Berkeley, California, decided to scrap the word "man" from compound words like "manpower" and "manhole," eliminating "any gender preference language" within the municipal code.
Words like "she" and "he" were replaced with "they," while "manpower" and "manhole" were reportedly altered to "workforce" and "maintenance hole.”
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“Fireman” or “firewoman” were swapped for “firefighter,” “heirs" became "beneficiaries,” and “craftsmen” became "craftspeople" or "artisans” under the new city code.
