While some of the things referenced are ridiculous, the author is really misinterpreting many of the guides here, to a point where it feels like willful misinterpretation. For instance.
> If we don’t know how to end racism, we can at least call it structural. The guides want to make the ugliness of our society disappear by linguistic fiat.
If anything, using the term “structural” helps associate much more context about racism, its causes, and its ugliness, not less.
Also, these guides aren’t targeting literature. They mostly meant for situations where you don’t want to evoke emotion in your writing.
Considering the news that Roald Dahl's books are now being altered in precisely some of the ways described, we are very, very clearly seeing literature start to be targeted.
While some of the things referenced are ridiculous, the author is really misinterpreting many of the guides here, to a point where it feels like willful misinterpretation. For instance.
> If we don’t know how to end racism, we can at least call it structural. The guides want to make the ugliness of our society disappear by linguistic fiat.
If anything, using the term “structural” helps associate much more context about racism, its causes, and its ugliness, not less.
Also, these guides aren’t targeting literature. They mostly meant for situations where you don’t want to evoke emotion in your writing.