It appears that Stanford University is walking back the placement of the word “American“ on its language guide, which lists words and expressions the University says one should avoid.
The  guide is 13-pages long and is called the “Elimination of Harmful Language.” Under a section called “Imprecise Language,” the guide suggests replacing the term “American” with “U.S. citizen.”
After Stanford put out its language guide, the university immediately became the object of attack and ridicule. It now says the language guide is under review. The school recently issued the following statement: “We have particularly heard concerns about the guide’s treatment of the term ‘American.’ We understand and appreciate those concerns. To be very clear, not only is the use of the term ‘American’ not banned at Stanford, it is absolutely welcomed [emphasis in the original].”…