
<p>No … I have not started writing for the satirical publication, <em>The Onion</em> – although this would be a fitting commentary if it were a joke. ; But it is more of the kind of insanity that emirates from the radical left that holds hegemony over academia.</p>



<p>In yet another example of hyper anti-racism racism, the University of Southern California has banished the word “field” to the lexicon recycle bin – at least as it refers to a professional career. ; No one works in the “field” of medicine … or law … or even academia … according to the University.</p>



<p>In explaining their inexplicable decision, the University issued a statement saying that “the change supports anti-racist social work practice by replacing language that would be considered anti-Black or anti-immigrant in favour (sic) of inclusive language.” ; (Note the use of the British spelling. ; How sophisticated of them. ; They want to define the American lexicon and do not even use it. ; Geez!!)</p>



<p>The letter continued: “Language can be powerful, and phrases such as ‘going into the field’ or ‘field work’ maybe have connotations for descendants of slavery and immigrant workers that are not benign.”</p>



<p>The letter explained that the University wanted to &#8220;reject white supremacy, anti-immigrant and anti-blackness ideologies.”</p>



<p>The nutcase microaggression theorists of academia have decided that (follow the logic) … that slaves worked in farm fields, therefore the word is offensive to the descendants of black folks – descendants who have never worked the fields as slaves and have never had a face-to-face relationship with anyone who did.</p>



<p>In the isolated from realty world of the Southern Cal campus, they proclaim that the term “field of study” shall be replaced with the Latin word … (drum roll, please) … “practicum.” ; ;</p>



<p>(Only the occupants of the ivory towers of academia seem unaware of the fact that Latin is a dead language. ; Doctors writing prescriptions and Catholics attending mass have given up Latin generations ago. ; Southern Cal would have been wiser to use pig-Latin – in which case “field of Study” would have been eeled fay ; ef o tudy say. ; I know, I am getting silly – but no sillier than the folks at Southern Cal.)</p>



<p>So, in yet another insane bow to political correctness and identity polices – two concepts destroying American <em>E Pluribus Unum</em> (𡨠good Latin) by creating divisive tribalism.</p>



<p>One Southern Cal alum wrote, “What&#8217;s next, banning the wearing of clothes made of cotton?”</p>



<p>But my favorite alumni recommendation was: “They should drop ‘Southern’ from University of Southern California because it reminds people of slavery.&#8221;</p>



<p>A lot of slaves were known as “house slaves.” ; If you think like the folks as Southern Cal, the words “house,” housework” … and the “house” of representatives” should be added to the banned list.</p>



<p>But getting back to the idiocy-at-hand, what do we do about football fields … farm fields … and Mrs. Fields’ Cookies?</p>



<p>No … despite their arm-wrenching self-pat on the back, the University of Southern California is not eliminating social friction. ; They are causing more of it. ; They ; have taken a perfectly fine word that carries no negative connotations and weaponized it to create a friction between the crazies and the hypersensitive on the left and the vast majority of rational Americans. ; Just another piece of political cheese we can fight over. ; Good going, Southern Cal.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Cancel Culture Erases the Word “Field”
