It’s surprising to me that this is coming from the IT Department of the University of Washington. Public tax dollars and tuition paid for someone to create this garbage. And they will keep their job as long as they keep coming up with ways normal people can be distinguished from the elites.
The people who reject words like grandfather, brown bag, master, cake walk, and a slew of non-offensive words will think they are superior to the rest of us, but they just look like gullible idiots to me.
Inclusive Language Guide
This guide was created with the input of dozens of people, from leadership to service owners and service managers in UW-IT, and was guided by an advisory committee made up of people representing units across the UW and from UW Medicine and UW-IT’s DEI Community of Practice.
As a major educational institution, it’s imperative that we remain committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and one place to start is how we communicate to those who visit our websites. This guide shows our commitment to ensuring our organization, and our websites, continually show respect for everyone.
How this guide can be used
The majority of words listed in this document are those commonly found in IT. The guide was created as a reference to audit the language used in websites, web pages, wikis, online documentation, software and system applications, and documentation about these applications.
This guide is intended to complement other high-quality references for inclusive language, such as UW Marketing & Communications’ Equitable Language Guide.
The list of problematic words and appropriate replacements below is a valuable addition to the resources already available.
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