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nivek

As Above So Below
Shark advocates call for rebranding violent attacks as ‘interactions’

Who’s attacking whom here?

Marine experts and advocates in Australia are urging the public to refrain from using the word “attack” in reference to sharks, declaring that the majestic predatory fish has been unfairly stigmatized as a deliberate killer.

Instead, officials have suggested that violent run-ins with sharks be dubbed with more neutral words — such as “interactions.”

Others have suggested swapping the word with the terms “negative encounter,” “incident” or simply “bites,” the Sydney Morning Herald recently reported.

” ‘Shark attack’ is a lie,” said University of Sydney language researcher Christopher Pepin-Neff, who argued that a majority of what people call “attacks” are merely nips and minor injuries from smaller sharks.

(More on the link)


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Celestial
Shark advocates call for rebranding violent attacks as ‘interactions’

Who’s attacking whom here?

Marine experts and advocates in Australia are urging the public to refrain from using the word “attack” in reference to sharks, declaring that the majestic predatory fish has been unfairly stigmatized as a deliberate killer.

Instead, officials have suggested that violent run-ins with sharks be dubbed with more neutral words — such as “interactions.”

Others have suggested swapping the word with the terms “negative encounter,” “incident” or simply “bites,” the Sydney Morning Herald recently reported.

” ‘Shark attack’ is a lie,” said University of Sydney language researcher Christopher Pepin-Neff, who argued that a majority of what people call “attacks” are merely nips and minor injuries from smaller sharks.
The culture of the English-speaking nations is thoroughly saturated with the notion that sharks are misunderstood creatures, do not deliberately eat humans, and are critically endangered (every single shark species, even those which are not endangered at all). As a result plenty of people are overly sentimental about them. This campaign is clearly a result of this sentiment.
 
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wwkirk

Divine
Shark advocates call for rebranding violent attacks as ‘interactions’

Who’s attacking whom here?

Marine experts and advocates in Australia are urging the public to refrain from using the word “attack” in reference to sharks, declaring that the majestic predatory fish has been unfairly stigmatized as a deliberate killer.

Instead, officials have suggested that violent run-ins with sharks be dubbed with more neutral words — such as “interactions.”

Others have suggested swapping the word with the terms “negative encounter,” “incident” or simply “bites,” the Sydney Morning Herald recently reported.

” ‘Shark attack’ is a lie,” said University of Sydney language researcher Christopher Pepin-Neff, who argued that a majority of what people call “attacks” are merely nips and minor injuries from smaller sharks.

(More on the link)


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When the sharks start complaining I'll take the suggestion seriously.
 

wwkirk

Divine
If the Islamic fundamentalists or the Chinese communists ever take over, this PC crap will become a fading memory.
(Ironically, though, progressives don't seem particularly opposed to either.)
 

nivek

As Above So Below
Shark advocates call for rebranding violent attacks as ‘interactions’

Who’s attacking whom here?

Marine experts and advocates in Australia are urging the public to refrain from using the word “attack” in reference to sharks, declaring that the majestic predatory fish has been unfairly stigmatized as a deliberate killer.

Instead, officials have suggested that violent run-ins with sharks be dubbed with more neutral words — such as “interactions.”

Others have suggested swapping the word with the terms “negative encounter,” “incident” or simply “bites,” the Sydney Morning Herald recently reported.

” ‘Shark attack’ is a lie,” said University of Sydney language researcher Christopher Pepin-Neff, who argued that a majority of what people call “attacks” are merely nips and minor injuries from smaller sharks.

(More on the link)


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This wasn't an attack, just an "interaction", it will be fine...

Drunk man killed by shark while wading into sea to relieve himself

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August

Metanoia
Changing 1400 US place names and fish that are racist.

'Legacy of Racism': U.S. Officials Move to Change 'Offensive' Names of Places—and Fish

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nivek

As Above So Below
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Now the word CURRY is racist: Food blogger says it's time to cancel the 'British colonial' term for south-Asian food

South Asian American food bloggers have called on people to cancel the word curry because of its ties to British colonialism.

In the latest fallout since the increased scrutiny over the country's imperial history, critics say the word curry is too often used to lump very distinct foods from different regions together. Chaheti Bansal, 27, who lived in California and shares her home-cooking online, shared a video recipe where she called on people to 'cancel the word curry'.

In the video, which has since been viewed more than 3.6million times after it was shared by Buzzfeed Tasty, Bansal added: 'Not in all cultures but specifically in Indian cuisine because I don't understand what that word means.

'There's a saying that the food in India changes every 100km and yet we're still using this umbrella term popularised by white people who couldn't be bothered to learn the actual names of our dishes. But we can still unlearn.'

The 27-year-old has since told NBC Asian America it's not about 'fully cancelling the word' and said it's just about 'ending its use by people who don't know what it means'.

The outlet reports that South Asian American cooks say they've spent their lives confronting 'misconceptions' about their foods, and now, they just want to celebrate it. Ms Bansal told NBC: 'Curry shouldn’t be all that you think about when you think about South Asian food. 'You can travel like 100km, and you can get a completely different type of cuisine.

And it's a completely different language and a different culture. And it just goes to show that there's so much diversity in our food that doesn't get recognized.' But she also said that the word is used regularly in South Asian countries.

She added: 'My partner is Sri Lankan, I have friends that are Malayali, friends that are Tamil, and yes they use the word curry. 'I enjoy their curry. Even their curry names have very specific traditional names paired with it, or it's referring to something very specific. But you shouldn't just lump all of our foods together under this term.'

While there are many different explanations for where the word curry came from, the most popular is that it was invented by the British who misheard the Tamil word 'kari' which means 'sauce'. It's first use dates back to the mid-eighteenth century when members of the British East India Trading Company were trading with Tamil merchants in south east India.

Historically, food offered in British curry houses is Indian food cooked to British taste however, there has been an increasing demand for authentic Indian food. Some of the most popular dishes in the UK, including chicken tikka masala, were inspired by Indian cuisine but adapted for western tastes, and as a result rarely reflect the traditional dishes made in India.

Instagram food blogger Nisha Vedi Pawar, 36, echoed Bansal's sentiment and told NBC: 'It's just like for American food. You wouldn't want everything dipped in like Old Bay right? 'You wouldn't want to put everything with good old American French's mustard. The same way, we don’t put everything in tikka sauce.'

Earlier this year, food delivery giant Just Eat revealed Indian was the third takeaway of choice for Brits during 2020, beaten only by Chinese and Pizza.


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Celestial
Scientists won't use insect name because it's a slur

(Excerpts)

On Wednesday, the Entomological Society of America announced it was removing “gypsy moth” and “gypsy ant” as recognized common names for two insects. For Ethel Brooks, a Romani scholar, the move is long overdue.
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The move by the entomological group is the first time it has removed a common name from an insect on the grounds that it is offensive to a community of people, according to representatives from the society.

“If people are feeling excluded because of what we call something, that’s not acceptable,” Michelle Smith, the society’s president, said. “We’re going to make changes to be a welcoming and inclusive society for all entomologists.”
Gypsy moth and gypsy ant are common names for insects, and are not determined by scientists, but by the culture of a society. Scientific institutions have a duty to record common names, whether they are offensive or not. Furthermore, I cannot find it mentioned in any dictionary I have available that the word gypsy is a slur, or is otherwise derogatory or offensive, and this is the first I have ever heard this claim. It seems that a politicized Entomological Society of America has taken action designed to provoke a reaction and on a pretext, rather than out of a genuine concern for offence caused.
 

wwkirk

Divine
Oregon governor signs bill suspending math, reading proficiency requirements for HS graduates

Excerpt:
Charles Boyle, the deputy communications director from Brown’s office, told the paper in an email that staff from the governor’s office informed legislative staffers about the bill's signing on the day it was passed. He also said that the new standards for graduation will help benefit the state’s "Black, Latino, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, Tribal, and students of color."

To me, greatly diminishing academic standards for graduation with the thought that it will benefit persons of color is itself racist in the most straightforward way. It enshrines the belief and expectation that the groups in question are generally incapable of even basic academic competence.

Also, note the phony inclusion of Asians in the list. As a group they are so high performing academically that some universities have employed quotas to limit their enrollment.
 

nivek

As Above So Below
Lie of credit — American Express tells its workers capitalism is racist

American Express, which made a $2.3 billion profit last quarter, invited the great-grandson of the Nation of Islam’s founder to tell its employees that capitalism is evil.

It was part of the credit card giant’s critical race theory training program, which asks workers to deconstruct their racial and sexual identities, then rank themselves on a hierarchy of “privilege.”


According to a trove of documents I’ve reviewed, AmEx executives created an internal “Anti-Racism Initiative” after George Floyd’s death last year, subjecting employees to a training program based on the core CRT tenets, including intersectionality, which reduces individuals to a tangle of racial, gender and sexual identities that determine whether he is an “oppressor” or “oppressed” in a given situation.

In a foundational session, the outside consulting firm Paradigm trained AmEx employees to deconstruct their own intersectional identities, mapping their “race, sexual orientation, body type, religion, disability status, age, gender identity [and] citizenship” onto an official company worksheet.

Employees could then determine whether they have “privilege” or are members of a “marginalized group”: White males presumably end up in the oppressor position, while racial and sexual minorities are considered oppressed.

In a related session, trainers instruct employees how to change their behavior in the office based on their relative position on the hierarchy. The trainers provide a blue flowchart with specific rules for interacting with black, female and LGBT employees: If members of a subordinate group are present, workers should practice “intersectional allyship” and defer to them before speaking.

In another handout, the instructions for white employees are even more explicit: “identify the privileges or advantages you have”; “don’t speak over members of the black and African-American community”; “it’s not about your intent, it’s about the impact you have on your colleague.”


Even common phrases are subjected to race-based regulation: White employees are told not to utter phrases such as “I don’t see color,” “We are all human beings” and “Everyone can succeed in this society if they work hard enough” — all categorized as “microaggressions.”

(More on the link)

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JahaRa

Noble
Oh good lord. "Don't speak over..." should be Don't speak over anyone no matter who you are! In 10 years we will have a bunch of disaffected white men in their 30's quoting Ayn Rand. "I am a down trodden white male" and the "down trodden" part might be true by then. The pendulum does have to swing back the other way, but this is going too far. We will see a dystopian future with women keeping men in cages. :laugh8:
 

August

Metanoia
Oh good lord. "Don't speak over..." should be Don't speak over anyone no matter who you are! In 10 years we will have a bunch of disaffected white men in their 30's quoting Ayn Rand. "I am a down trodden white male" and the "down trodden" part might be true by then. The pendulum does have to swing back the other way, but this is going too far. We will see a dystopian future with women keeping men in cages. :laugh8:

White trash and men in cages is a distinct possibility. I mean men have had women chained to the bed and the kitchen for to long now.
 

dr wu

Noble
Oh good lord. "Don't speak over..." should be Don't speak over anyone no matter who you are! In 10 years we will have a bunch of disaffected white men in their 30's quoting Ayn Rand. "I am a down trodden white male" and the "down trodden" part might be true by then. The pendulum does have to swing back the other way, but this is going too far. We will see a dystopian future with women keeping men in cages. :laugh8:

Men in cages....that's probably the best place for them.
:p
 
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