Among the words the university urges people to avoid in the imprecise language section is the term, 'American'. People are instead asked to use 'US Citizen' because 'American' typically refers to 'people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the US is the most important country in the Americas.' The Americas, the index notes, comprises 42 countries.
The guide says its goal is to eliminate 'many forms of harmful language,' including 'racist, violent, and biased (e.g., disability bias, ethnic bias, ethnic slurs, gender bias, implicit bias, sexual bias) language' in Stanford websites and code.
同时，《华尔街日报》评论文章也辛辣嘲讽了这一观点。
Call yourself an 'American'? Please don’t. Better to say 'US citizen' per the bias hunters, lest you slight the rest of the Americas…And don’t dare design a 'blind study', which 'unintentionally perpetuates that disability is somehow abnormal or negative, furthering an ableist culture.'
'First and importantly, the website does not represent university policy. It also does not represent mandates or requirements. The website was created by, and intended for discussion within, the IT community at Stanford.
