Commentary It’s been a while, but the Marvelettes should consider coming back to rerecord their 1961 hit “Please Mr. Postman,” not to mention the MissBehave Girl Band who did a cover in 2019 and the Fab Four themselves, who did their own version back in the day. (Rerecording might be difficult for them.) The lyrics—‘“Mister postman look and see/ Is there a letter in your bag for me”—are not sufficiently “woke” (i.e., “inclusive”), according to Microsoft. The corporation has introduced a (voluntary, for now) on-screen editor in their almost universally used Office software to guide us away from what they deem “non-inclusive” language to proper “wokespeak.” Hence, no more sexist “postman.” Better, they would suggest, is “postal carrier,” as in “Mister postal carrier look and see …” Or how about the also-approved “postal worker” to give us the Soviet-tinged “Mister postal worker look and see.” Both are, unfortunately, a tad …
Great Reset? Microsoft’s ‘Woke’ Language Editor Included in Software
January 24, 2022
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