Field? That's racist...

[Uther]

I think, sometimes, these organisations do themselves no favours.

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

 

[Uther]

Personally I think stupidity should be called out no matter what side it comes from.

 

[Uther]

On a similar note, the BBC reported about an hour ago that 5 US sites have recently been renamed due to them being offensive.

US renames five places that used racist slur for Native Americans

The move is part of wider efforts to remove the derogatory term from hundreds of geographic sites.

www.bbc.co.uk

The article tells you what the new names are but not what the old ones were. I don't find that a particularly useful article for those asking what the old sites were. Like how we use spoiler tags on this forum, the BBC sometimes puts a disclaimer near the top of the article warning that this may contain upsetting scenes / this may offend some people / this contains flash photography etc. The Beeb should have done that.

Years ago, the BBC ran a similar article where a place in Australia originally had the n-word in it and it got renamed, but it still said on there what the original name was so we know what the place was / where it was etc.

The placenames previosly had the word 'Squaw' in them which is apparently offensive to the local tribes.