Don’t Say ‘Inmate’: Biden Admin Using Taxpayer Dollars To Push Woke Language Guides – By Ben Wilson (Washington Free Beacon) / Feb 17, 2023
Republican Troy Nehls unveils bill to strip funding from agencies that promote the left-wing guidelines
Federal agencies under President Joe Biden are using taxpayer dollars to promote “inclusive” language guides, instructing Americans to abandon common terms like “homeless people” for left-wing alternatives like “people experiencing unsheltered homelessness”—prompting backlash from Republicans who want to defund the woke initiatives.
The recommendations, from agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health, focus on “non-stigmatizing” language, which means eliminating terms such as “inmate” and “alcoholic” from common use. Instead, the CDC advises, Americans should say “persons who are incarcerated or detained” and “persons with alcohol use disorder,” respectively.
The NIH Style Guide, meanwhile, advises people to say “gender affirmation” or “gender confirmation” rather than “sex change.” They should similarly avoid the term “hermaphrodite” and should never “misgender” someone, which is “using a word or address that does not correctly reflect” the gender identity of a “transgender or gender-diverse person.”
