Stanford University adds 'American' to its list of 'harmful language'
7 other times institutions attempted to strip words, pronouns from English lexicon
1. Stanford University bans the word American
After launching its Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI) in May, Stanford University published a list of “harmful language” that it plans to remove from all Stanford websites and other coding.
As a substitute for “American,” students, faculty and staff are urged to use the term “U.S. citizen” to avoid “insinuating that the U.S. is the most important country in the Americas."
