Stanford University adds 'American' to its list of 'harmful language'
7 other times institutions attempted to strip words, pronouns from English lexicon
7. Biden administration replaces mothers
The federal government’s budget for fiscal year 2022 budget replaced the word “mother" with “birthing people.”
A former member of the Office of Management and Budget shared a snapshot of the budget request, which highlighted the need to “help end this high rate of maternal mortality and race-based disparities in outcomes among birthing people.”
OMB Deputy Director Shalanda Young defended the use of the language, saying federal officials “think our language needs to be more inclusive in how we deal with complex issues.”
