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Topic subjectThere generally aren't policy's about what words you can use.
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13421257, There generally aren't policy's about what words you can use.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Fri Jan-22-21 12:12 PM
So there is always a level of subjectiveness in how you enforce policies around inclusion.

I am not anti-inclusion efforts, I am just making the point that even inclusion efforts can be used to make black and brown people feel excluded.



>but was there reason to think she got singled out and treated
>differently? It wouldn't surprise me if that was the case, and
>that would definitely suck, but if that happens to everyone
>using non-inclusive language I think it's not necessarily
>unfair.
>
>FWIW I think reporting people to HR for use of slightly
>inappropriate language is doing too much, but if that's the
>policy and they're not selective on when it's enforced,
>there's not really much else to say.


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