Field? That's racist...

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I think, sometimes, these organisations do themselves no favours.
news.sky.com

University department removes the word 'field' over racist 'connotations'

References including "field work" and "going into the field" may have connotations for descendants of slavery and immigrant workers "that are not benign", the school of social work at the University of Southern California wrote in a letter to staff and students.
news.sky.com news.sky.com
 
People need to just ignore this **** and focus on more important things. However, no doubt this will cause an absolute category 5 **** storm on social media (and probably even in this thread).

Is perhaps pointless and stupid? Maybe. However, ultimately an organisation has chosen to change some of the language it uses - you can agree or disagree, but it is the organisation's decision and it will likely have zero impact on anyone's life.
 
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Jono8 said:
Is perhaps pointless and stupid? Maybe. However, ultimately an organisation has chosen to change some of the language it uses - you can agree or disagree, but it is the organisation's decision and it will likely have zero impact on anyone's life.
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Undergrads are a very energetic and angry bunch with a lot of time on their hands. Things like this are the result.
 
Here’s the dictionary definition for field. Loads of meanings including the area of force around magnets, a space in a database to a team.

dictionary.cambridge.org

field

1. an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals, usually…
dictionary.cambridge.org dictionary.cambridge.org
 
i'd walk round the campus blaring out 'fields of gold' by sting from my ghettoblaster (yea yea i'm old, i know they aren't called that anymore :p ) that'd bloody teach them. go me:D
 
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