Stanford University adds 'American' to its list of 'harmful language'

7 other times institutions attempted to strip words, pronouns from English lexicon

By CP Staff,
The Main Quad at Stanford University
The Main Quad at Stanford University | REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach

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."

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