Timeline for How is literature that contains racially charged language treated in the context of academic discourse, and what is the etiquette for using it?
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| Feb 26, 2021 at 14:59 | comment | added | CGCampbell | @RayButterworth Interestingly enough, after perusing most, if not all, of the UNCF web site, the only place the full name is spelled out is the 501 non-profit statement at the bottom of the pages below the copywrite statement. They don't use the word, or the full name anywhere else. They are either UNCF or United Fund. | |
| Feb 26, 2021 at 9:06 | answer | added | Ben | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 17, 2020 at 15:12 | comment | added | pip install frisbee | There are a great many works by civil rights leaders that contain "racially charged" language. I can't imagine reading a censored version of The Souls of Black Folk. | |
| Mar 17, 2020 at 14:16 | comment | added | Ray Butterworth | Any word can be "charged" if you want it to be. Similarly, any "charged" word can be considered perfectly acceptable (e.g. United Negro College Fund | UNCF). It's all a matter of the context in which it is used. | |
| Mar 17, 2020 at 13:19 | answer | added | Ben | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 17, 2020 at 12:43 | answer | added | Houska | timeline score: 11 | |
| Mar 16, 2020 at 13:56 | comment | added | Kimball | @AnonymousPhysicist Both. This is primarily in response to (not unjustified) student outcry, rather than politiicans (who in my state seem to not be so concerned with racism). | |
| Mar 16, 2020 at 12:03 | answer | added | Buffy | timeline score: 21 | |
| Mar 16, 2020 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/1239386031662792704 | ||
| Mar 16, 2020 at 2:46 | comment | added | Anonymous Physicist | @Kimball Among academics? Or among administrators who are accountable to politicians? | |
| Mar 16, 2020 at 2:19 | comment | added | Kimball | @AnonymousPhysicist At least at my university, the line between censorship and academic freedom seems very blurry right now. There are some indications that a heavy-handed approach to censorship is gaining in popularity. | |
| Mar 16, 2020 at 1:29 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | Huckleberry Finn is a particular work that has been the subject of a lot of related conversation - might be good to start there. I think you won't necessarily find consistency of opinion, though, and certainly there won't be a blanket policy that covers every possible usage and every possible work. | |
| Mar 15, 2020 at 23:51 | comment | added | nick012000 | It’s worth pointing out that the US Government still uses the word “Negro” in official documents like the US Census. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro | |
| Mar 15, 2020 at 23:16 | comment | added | Anonymous Physicist | There are many good ways to deal with historical texts that are offensive. So your question might be closed as opinion-based. Censorship is not popular with academics, though. | |
| Mar 15, 2020 at 22:28 | history | edited | Buffy |
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| Mar 15, 2020 at 21:55 | history | asked | Sciborg | CC BY-SA 4.0 |