Professors are cautioned not to use any forms that have only Male and Female check boxes. They need to have at the very least a Other box, but preferably additional boxes for Transgender, Multigender, and, I Iove this one: None.
Can't say:
“Everyone can succeed in this society, if they work hard enough.”
“Where are you from or where were you born?”
“Affirmative action is racist.”
These statements promote the “myth of meritocracy,” the myth that you can succeed based on merit, and are “statements which assert that race or gender does not play a role in life successes.”
Another no-no is “When I look at you, I don’t see color.”
That implies “that a white person does not want to or need to acknowledge race" and that you need to assimilate to the dominant culture. Can't say "America is a melting pot" because, same thing.
Can't say that someone is "raising the bar" because that's elitist. Can't call someone a "rock star" if they do a particularly good job, because, how many black, Mexican or Chinese rock stars do you know? They're all white.
You can't deny the experiences of a student by questioning the validity or credibility of their stories, regardless of how big a whopper they tell you, because you're denying the individual as a racial or cultural being.
The list goes on and on. It's a real hoot.
