Whenever someone says “woke” doesn’t exist, ridiculous things like these come along:
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/oxfam-biz...using-english/
Oxfam are a charity that tackles global poverty. They have released a guide for their staff that has best practices:
- words like "headquarters", "local" and even "people" have colonial implications and should be avoided
- Staff were warned that "people who become pregnant" was preferable to "expectant mothers", while "parent" is better than "mother" or "father"
- "We recognise that this guide has its origin in English, the language of a colonising nation”
- "However, we recognise that the dominance of English is one of the key issues that must be addressed in order to decolonise our ways of working and shift power."
- “field trip" can "reinforce colonial attitudes"
- Avoid saying that you "stand with" people you support because it could be considered ableist and alienate "people unable to stand"
- even the word "people" should be used cautious, as it "is often misunderstood as only referring to men"
Obviously comedians here in the UK are having a field day:
https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/statu...916892165?s=20