Political correctness is running amok at the University of New Hampshire — where a Bias-Free Language Guide identifies the word “American” as a “problematic” term that should be avoided because some might be offended.
Instead, students are asked to use the phrases “US citizen” or “resident of the US” so as not to assume that the US is the only country inside the two continents.
The guide was crafted by students and staffers two years ago, but exposed Tuesday by the news site Campus Reform.
Other frowned upon words include: foreigners (preferred: international people), Arabs (Western Asian, Northern African), obese (people of size) homosexual (same-gender loving), and guys (Folks, People, You All, Y’all).
And instead ‘rich’, the guide suggests using “person of material wealth.”
‘Poor’ is to be replaced by the 11-word doozy, “low economic status related to a person’s education, occupation and income.”
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