This Canadian University is Out of its Mind

On this video we'll read together and talk about the directives and public guidelines on what language is deemed offensive and what is considered an acceptable replacement within the structure of the university of Waterloo in Canada. Let bring some sense into this mess. I hope you enjoy the video.
You will find this page on the Race and ethnicity: Terminology section of | University Relations
Link to the page:
uwaterloo.ca/university-relat...
Do you agree with the language assessment and proposals of this page? Do you agree or disagree with the idea that these specific words are deemed offensive? Let me know in the comments, and as always thanks for watching noble ones.
Language can be a powerful tool, but the control of language can also be a tool of manipulation of the masses. There is a line that must not be crossed by governments and institutions that must be protected.
Controlling what can be said and more important what should be said is a way to manipulate the masses and force those who disagree with your message or those who don't have an opinion to still present and spread your message.
Historically this has been used by many governments and institutions throughout the human experience, at the expense of the masses, to control said masses.
It has happened within the propaganda systems of both far left and far right totalitarian regimes and those who know history recognize the steps. Will you stay idle? Or will you speak?
I will speak.
#censored #offended #politicallycorrect

[@Seankwondo87]

"Equity deserving groups" sounds like something you write when you need to increase your word count

[@markp44288]

Or when you are an idiot.

[@tonycrayford3893]

NOBODY deserves equity.

[@Mtonazzi]

@@tonycrayford3893 equity of opportunities? Can argue for that. Equity of results? No way

[@ShaggyRogers1]

It is blatantly saying the quiet part out loud. Not only is it bigotry of low expectations since it pretends that there aren't wealthy people that are minorities, but also directly stating what their goal with the language switch is. They aren't trying to not be "offensive". They are directly trying to control thought through speech.

[@Mr.Marbles]

i love how this can turn so bad if you use it for anything else than their idea of race. "the equity deserving groups of white people in africa" "the equity deserving groups of our population that want relationships with minors" "the equity deserving groups of south america that burn crosses and wear white hoods" like dude they did NOT think that through, jesus christ.

[@dmjole]

George Orwell is slapping his forehead, saying, "It was supposed to be a WARNING, not a MANUAL!"

[@alchemicalalek7535]

HA

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

Exactly. The problem is that Newspeak used in the book is based in sound psychology and does work. It can alter the general mindset of the masses within a generation or two.

[@user-vd5uq4uc9b]

He would have been put on antidepressents till he stopped dwelling on sad things and writindg

[@archermadsen7744]

Orwell was a socialist who who fought in the Spanish Civil War against fascists. He isn't your friend.

[@il_gran_signore]

Nah…; he was a trotskyist, trotskyism is one of the most culturally liberal branches of marxism. And Eric literally risked his life in Spain to fight against fascism, conservatism, White supremacy, Christian extremism, nationalism, capitalism, and racism.

[@KingWilliamI]

It's refreshing to hear non-Canadians say what many of us in Canada have been saying for years: all is not right here

[@Red-Brick-Dream]

Bill Maher did a fantastic segment on Canada (entitled "Whoa, Canada) a few weeks ago.

[@cindyspowart555]

@@Red-Brick-Dream : Thank-you! I believe I did see that specific segment if it was comparing Canadians to people in the U.S. (how Barbie wouldn't be able to afford to buy her dream home in Winnipeg), but I will double check.

[@banjoperator]

when your country..yes I am from Canada as well..the biggest part of what goes on here in Canada si that people believe that Canada is a democracy, sorry to burst the bubble,,Canada is a constitutional monarchy , using democratic principals.. that essentially means that though we supposedly have various rights and freedoms , it can be changed, removed at the whim of govt at anytime it wishes.. and those so called amendments can be made with out consulting the populous they politicians don't have any oversight except the rules they write for them selves and well if the populous decided to do what the politicos get away with we would all be arrested..fined..serve time , and have our lives ruined..if you don't agree..ask yourself this..when was the last time you heard of a politicp go to jail for what he did in office. that the populous didn't want..

[@bakerbob533]

i find it sad when our government (canadian) not only allow, but endorse the ''plan'' to put into regulation the proper use of language. I know we don't have an explicit absolute free speech in the constitution (real quote: (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;), but still

[@TheWoollyFrog]

"Many"? You must be a freedumb trucker.

[@aaronwinter447]

I see what they did there. They swapped "Minority" for "Equity Deserving", because they feel some minorities don't deserve equity.

[@TheWoollyFrog]

Nope. It's because some minorities are majorities in certain parts of the country.

[@IncognitoDiabetic]

@@TheWoollyFrogthis is the real answer

[@mirandazhang1359]

billionaires are minorities, i think theyre doing just fine. plus there are cases where the majority may be the suppressed group, like in countries who are being colonized

[@ArthurB26]

​​@@TheWoollyFrog First of all, if they're the majority then they're not minorities. I know what you're trying to say but it sounds ridiculous. Second, there's plenty communities where minorities like African Americans or Asian Americans are better off than the majority demographic so the idea they're all "equity deserving" is also ridiculous. The term "equity deserving" can apply to minorities or the majority depending on the area. It's a stupid term and anyone who uses it should be shamed for their stupidity 😂

[@SDCDIABLO]

It's because since lots of the groups aren't minorities anymore they lost that excuse for victimhood and being awful. Also funny since lots aren't minorities its why our cities are turning to shit in Canada.

[@huntforbigfloptober1333]

“NOOO!! You can’t refer to Black people as colored!!” Same people referring to non-white people: Ah yes, PEOPLE OF COLOR.

[@User-xh5zu]

Which is funny in both cases because when talking about the light spectrum white is the presence of all colour while black is the absence of colour

[@himbrine6668]

But also black people are black because the presence of pigments and White one because of abcence or however u write that

[@nvelsen1975]

The term 'people of color' was coined by racists though, aim was to draw the asians (mostly) and latinos (if we gotta) in the 'our' group to get more support against the 'white enemy'.

[@JohnCrawford1979]

That's just among unhinged liberal idiots, usually white people pretending to be talking for black people. But I will say, simply being called "Yo white guy!" Would be annoying. Can't speak of how much more or less annoying than some one black being called, "Yo black guy!" It's somewhat disrespectful, though can be understandable if someone is trying to call for you, and your skin color is the most notably different feature about you then the rest of the guys around you. Preferably, most people would like to be called by their name, especially if you know their name. Yet, even there, some people don't even like their name. So maybe for some, "Yo black dude!" would be preferable than, say, being called Peewee, because that's what your parents named you after because they liked Peewee's Playhouse, and named you before the whole getting caught wanking it in a porn theater incident.

[@michele-33]

'white' people are the true people of color. We turn red when embarrassed, brown/bronze when suntanned, green or yellow when sick, we turn grey or ashen when dead, lol

[@forgotten_islander4530]

As a Canadian, in stereotypical fashion, I apologize for this ridiculousness 🤦‍♂️

[@Tommytakanawa]

Don't apologize for other people's actions.

[@enricogiust]

NO! *As an Individual from Canada! Come on my friend 😂.

[@robinkleinsteuber5217]

​​​​@@Tommytakanawa As Canucks, we are used to doing that. It's just ... what we do! 🤣🤣🤣

[@robinkleinsteuber5217]

@Tommytakanawa I KNOW that. I was being acutely sarcastic about this strange behaviour. View my emojis. My attitude is more American-like than Canadian. I will not hesitate to call a spade a spade.

[@gametime2473]

This is authoritarian. Ridiculous is way understating it

[@vandalayindustries3057]

What's offensive is self-appointed arbiters of language who think they can police speech and decide what is offensive - or even that they can forbid "offensive language" at all.

[@2bingtim]

Nothing free about speech or thought today. Seems only a few trendy cliques are allowed to be offended, everybody else should worship them & have no right to find anything offensive towards themselves. Don't get me wrong, I hate injustice & cruelty.

[@infinitesimotel]

01 v£y!

[@infinitesimotel]

Hell yea my negro!

[@23ADJ93]

Not to mention arbitrarily changing the definitions of words to their whims. For example “white people can’t be racist because of power differential” as opposed to just saying racism and systemic racism.

[@chopperking1967]

Metatron, I am Canadian, I received a bachelor's degree in Psychology in 1991 from a Canadian university. I am caucasian. I am not offended by that word, and I don't care if anyone else is. Well done with this video. Overly political correctness is a cancer western societies are dying from. The occasional hurt feeling is NOT a bad thing. Always being protected from hurt feelings as an adolescent, or as an adult IS harmful. Because it guarantees weaknesses. And as the expression goes, "If you think strong men are capable of great harm, you should see what weak men are capable of!"

[@canbeone7277]

What part of the Caucus region are you from?? Not many people are from/ live in that area. The majority are from the English Isles and other parts of northern Europe.

[@canbeone7277]

@@chopperking1967 Try to read what I said, then answer my question. I'm very clear with my question. You say you are a Caucasian, where in the Caucus region are your ancestors are from? I love that area and want to know.

[@chopperking1967]

​​@@canbeone7277I am mistaken. Your question was correctly phrased.

[@15footgelatinouscube]

'Caucasian' (used to mean 'white people', especially Western European-descended people) isn't offensive - merely inaccurate.

[@mardenhill]

»caucasian« is offensive, to use your wording, i don't care what anyone else says. it's either european or of european ancestry. caucasia is a region in asia, which i have nothing to do with it. united statesians and canadians are victims of toxic conditioning by religious and political extremists, the so-called first settlers who were proponents of racial constructs that have long been refuted by science. the terms caucasoid, negroid, mongoloid are the remnants of these degenerate ideologies.

[@gamediverbr]

Does anyone remember when universities EXPANDED our knowledge and vocabulary, rather than restricting it? Good times, I miss that...

[@patrickancona1193]

@@cryp4life509WHOOOOSH

[@Xbalanque84]

*_Make Academia scholarly again!_*

[@MustardSkaven]

@@patrickancona1193 Not sure if this is a joke. The guy is pointing out how universities are making up bogus words for their social studies, thus technically expanding vocab.

[@richardhockey8442]

newspeak - restructuring language so complex or 'problematic' ideas can no longer be expressed or communicated

[@Aidames]

​@@cryp4life509 Because it restricts word usage. That's it.

[@mansfieldtime]

. "Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles′′ -Dostoievski

[@amicableenmity9820]

Good old Marxism. Peasant cult.

[@rosemoreno6249]

This would be Hilarious , if it weren’t so true 😩

[@greg967]

Thank you. Not for educating me on how the modern world works, but that (inevitably) someone saw it coming a century ago. Not that I am surprised, just glad to learn the source.

[@dashwhatchamakalit]

Welcome to Cost-Co. I love you. Welcome to Cost-Co. I love you. ...freakin' crocs, man.

[@HenshinFanatic]

We are only another Turdeau term before an official Handicapper General is instituted.

[@dianafuturepm]

I’m Canadian. I’m embarrassed. Our country’s politicians and universities and culture have been overtaken by American problems and far left wokeness. As a people, we tend to err on the side of politeness, but have swung the pendulum far beyond common sense. I agree with your points. And…isn’t everyone part of an equity deserving group? If one didn’t know this was to replace “minority “, and one heard that term casually, one would be stumped to figure out what it meant. It’s just jargon. Let’s keep things simple, clear, and not project our own sensitivities on things.

[@chickenlover657]

You voted for those politicians.

[@dianafuturepm]

@@chickenlover657 the populace did, yes. I didn’t.

[@lepain0278]

The current party in power has the minority vote, but they formed a coalition with the NDP party

[@michaelcustance2688]

I was born in Canada and the only time I EVER heard anyone using the word "Caucasian" was in a documentary or when the term was meant to sound "official" or "technically correct" - Everyone just uses "white person", "white guy", "white" etc...

[@nesirosern8596]

"It's getting so bad that every day now I expect to hear a rape victim being referred to as an unwilling sperm recipient" - George Carlin

[@Omni_Shambles]

🤣

[@FlipTheBard]

What...the...effing...heck did I just read?

[@josephturner7569]

I called the Rape Helpline. Seems it's just for victims.

[@8ligh7]

Good old euphemism treadmill. Contemporary gender politics discussion is rife with these terms and the constant arguing whether to actually use them or not adds another layer of confusion.

[@gaia7240]

They tried to change woman with "uterus bearer" or something like that

[@Voicelet]

"Equity deserving groups" implies that there's a group of people not deserving equity, thus undermining the meaning of "Equity" in itself.

[@NaqrSeranvis]

Every animal is equal... but some are more equal than others.

[@artm1973]

​@@NaqrSeranvis....but some are more equal than others.

[@notsoprogaming9789]

Equity and equality don't mean the same thing. I agree with op though

[@JFJD]

This is on purpose; the philosophy behind this treats everything as part of one big power dynamic, so by doing little things like capitalizing certain races (which are “historically oppressed”) while leaving others (the “historical oppressors”) lowercase, in order to subtly erode their supposed power, until eventually they’re reduced to an out-group that can be removed.

[@luisoncpp]

"equity deserving group" would mean a disadvantaged group that require an extra help from the authorities, I'm pretty sure not all groups deserve equity, however "minority" and "equity deserving group" have 2 very different meanings, asking to replace one by the other is actively pushing an agenda. For example, the 1% richest people are a minority, but I'm pretty sure most of them don't require equity, they already have it (badum tsss... explanation of the joke: equity in finance it's pretty much all the wealth that is not cash, like stocks or real estate).

[@ronladuke7235]

Censorship in Canada is completely unacceptable and as a citizen of this once great country our ( Job One) should be to vote out this corrupt government before they completely destroy our country!😢

[@chopperking1967]

And just in case the audience isn't clear on what federal government needs to go ASAP, it is the Liberal government under the twisting leadership of Justin "the Tyrant" Trudeau.

[@TheWoollyFrog]

Waa waa freedumb trucks go brrrrrr ^

[@YouareaN00b]

Censorship is already rampant, try finding positive info about "enemy nations"

[@j.f.7509]

Tell me of a country that doesn't have censorship 😏

[@wayneallen8469]

Universities come under provincial control, that means Ford in this case. Think about it.

[@user-fj7df3ng7z]

I read an anecdote on an American website told by a guy who had a white friend from South Africa who was a naturalized American. Whenever this man filled in questions from his company's Human Resources people, he inevitably described himself as African-American. Apparently, the HR people were *really* unhappy about this but they couldn't figure out any way to make him use a different term so they let it stand.

[@screwtape2713]

Speaking as a Canadian lawyer who practiced immigration and refugee law for years, classifying "foreigner" or "illegal alien" as offensive terms to be replaced by "refugee", "newcomer" or "international person" is actually very deliberate. It is highly politicized long-term social engineering propaganda. It is part of an attempt to make any discussion about taking effective government action against people from abroad who enter and live in Canada illegally a taboo subject in our political discourse. A "refugee" is someone who has made a formal application for refugee status and has had it reviewed and approved by an Immigration and Refugee Board tribunal. Until then they are a "refugee claimant". Once approved, a refugee may apply for and automatically receive permanent legal status in Canada as a "permanent resident" or "PR" for short. After a number of years, the PR may then apply to become a "citizen". These are all official terms. A person from a foreign country may also enter the country legally as a "temporary resident" (again an official term). They may enter on a visitor visa as a visitor or tourist, on a work visa as a foreign worker (and "foreign worker" is the official government designation for them - NOT "international worker"), or on a student visa as an international student (again the official designation). All these people may be described as "newcomers" - and are called just that in many official government suppoer programs. Again, "newcomer" very much implies (or used to) someone with a legal status in Canada and therefore a legal right to be here. A person who either enters the country illegally or enters fraudulently on a temporary visa and then never leaves is NOT a "refugee", "newcomer" or "international person". They are a person from a foreign country (i.e. a "foreigner") who is in the country illegally and therefore is an "illegal alien". Period. Trying to force university students writing on Political Studies issues, for example, to discuss immigration issues without being allowed to refer to them as such is a deliberate choice by the university.

[@BoredSquirell]

While I make fun of some phrases elsewhere in the comments, some of these things make sense. As far as I understand it's the offical policy of Canada to encourage immigration, preferably legal, but illegal is tolerated. It such an environment discussing anyone's legal status must be a taboo. Now if only your goverment could fix the housing it might even be worth immigrating to Canada.

[@mihainita5325]

I'll live in US, and always legally. But being called "alien" feels very weird. alien == non-human (as a non-native English speaker) Martians and Klingons are aliens

[@The_Zilli]

Well said, this post needs to be pinned for all to read.

[@M4421-O]

There's been a lot of stigma around the term 'Illegal alien' - the term in itself is a bit harsh and dehumanizing. I wonder why something else like 'Undocumented foreigner' has never been used.

[@robertmoray988]

YOU should be the Federal Immigration Minister. Thank you .

[@markbrown6763]

As a black male who teaches in Germany, I have already come across this nonsense at my school. I will never, ever use terms such as Equity deserving groups etc!

[@joergwoelke1455]

Greetings from Germany.

[@adriennedunne1748]

Good on you mate. 😊

[@SchmulKrieger]

In Berlin?

[@Omg-py3wz]

Gott sei dank, ich küsse dein Herz

[@ruas4721]

Yes, in germany we got a lot of this shit too.

[@Elegiast]

I got an ad for 1984 as an audiobook before this video.

[@laureenbrandon7209]

I'm from Canada were not aloud to say what we think,and soon we will be jailed for thoughts we havnt even spoke.

[@inferiorinferno8859]

As a minority who grew up in the ghetto, I cannot believe I would be policed on how I describe MYSELF. The world has gone nuts.

[@ItsJustAdrean]

Right? This is so inconsiderate and disgusting

[@Davo_enchilada]

In Australia, in the 80s Greek and Italian immigrants claimed the term “Wog” In the early 2000s another comedian reclaimed “Chocco” for other ethnics. These people would lis their minds

[@Darkclowd]

Apparently the loser's defence of this practice is that minorities using "racist" terms is "perpetuating racism"

[@beyondrecall9446]

It's the same everywhere but.. even here, in Serbia, where there really aren't black people (really, you might see a black person maybe like , once in a few days if you're really going through the city to malls and walking on busy street, so really rarely but nobody really gives a f****) but there are Gypsies.. Who have always called themselves Gypsies but I've witnessed it evolving into an offensive word and being replaced by "Ŕoma" people. But when I say "Roma" , a Roma person would freak out and say that he is a Gypsy and not to call him that (Roma) but if some politically correct shitlib hears me saying Gipsy, I get corrected and let to know that it's offensive.. Damn, so I literally call one of my closest friends "Gipsy" and he gets offended when using this special "kind" language around him and hates the word "Roma" because he feels that he is being treated with caution and something, you know? So the minority gets offended by the name they force on society to use. They feel racism when hearing that word being used so carefully, they feel taht they stand out and are treated or looked upon different and some ppl get really insulted and I've heard it a thousand times, like "I am a Gypsy, not Roma, we are Gypsies and proud of it.!" So doesn't that forced ussage of terms actuallcontributing to these people obviously being made to stand out l, isn't that racism? When I was a kid, they were called "Roma" if used on tv, or if it's something official, and they have the Roma political party, but not in use outside of official stuff.. and ..... it was all cool.. The newspeak made it stand out more.. Also, for an Albanian, we use he word "Šiptar" and it is very offensive, you can get a lot of flak for using that word, but bro.. just look how they call their own country and nation.. Yeah .. yoh guessed it.. in Albanian it's he word they use to describe themselves... Wokeness and living in Berlin for years made me see where I am at. Because I travelled around, wandered. Took up factory jobs just to kinde meet people , the mentality and see other countries from within, not as a tourist.. And I realized that I really like and enjoy my home country.. but it is becoming what I escaped.. (meaning Berlin) and so, the only place I felt the right vibe, has strenght, people have integrity, see these things from afar and say "no thanks" is for me, Russia, where I spent a year working .. and btw, as my gf is trans, we have visited and seen many places in Russia, never had a problem because of her and you know why? They don't care and don't want to know.. they just don't care if you sck d/$k or eat pssy.. they don't want tk know bcs it's your personal thing and if you keep it that way, you'll have no problem whatsoever.. If you were to harass and assault people to use some pronouns and demand respect because you put a dress on, you're getting smacked in the face. And I agree, respect is earned, not forced upon people ... So you realize that ... People, trust me on this one, the West is a dictatorship... call it democracy but what were you asked about and was your opinion heard ever on anything? On any war or some other money launderibg scheme or the censorship . .. no. That's why you don't even know that the NSA took over the internet , literally overnight WHat I experienced j Russia, still the freedom and safety, due to collective rejection of wokeness, made me, the, a 33 year old guy, a cknstruction worker now, to enroll into University, Slavic Studies, so I learn Slavistics .. I have much Russian, Ukrainian, Ruthenian lang. (already know Slovak, Czech alongside Hungarian and German) So seeing it coming to Serbia made me study Russian so I can go when it's time. Also, their methods and speech made me research propaganda and I want to do my Master's in Communicology. That's a nice word for propaganda .. anyway, , like the NSA since today controls the internet in the US, I'm gonna watch how worse it gets now, I've just listened to the new CEO of NPR and it's so crazy. She literally said that journalists often go digging for the truth but that's not what they should be focused on, said that misinformation is a problem and we have to turn to the government to help us determine what's true and what's false, she said that currently, the biggest obstacle for "us" is the 1st ammendment. So, they also don't use the word "censor"when referring to themselves (because it's just doublespeak, becajse Putin censors and every "New Htlr" they have on their sight (except for Israel, they get a pass (like you wouldn't charge the owner of a Café you work in) There is just one more thing I'll add, very important .. I got licked out of my FB account for spreading hateful content by a "dangerous individual" . Namely I posted a investigative journalism piece by Kit Klerenberg about factual evidence he found involvement of the CIA in creating IsIs. How were weapons were channeled through Libya to the Islamic state after they wrecked Lybia for wanting to move oil away from the Dollar and Euro and I've seen it, like, Isis with tg44 rifles which my dad had as a Yugoslav paratrooper, whjch we took from the nzis and later gave it to Libya.. So Kit, after this piece, an investigative journalist, for presenting facts , was deemed a" dangerous person" and if you spread some of his reporting you are engaged in hate crime.. So FB is helping a terrorist organization by doing this. It is all in the open qnd people see it but the whole thing is so just made up that it is a perfect mechanism. You raise a real issue and get called "conspiracy theorist" and "nut", and they don't have to do much, the system an culture does it by themselves. Trust me, Russia is more free than you think but they have different views on things which is cool if you adapt to the culture you come into instead of vice versa. Peace out

[@charleswhite758]

My friend it is up to you to get us out of this mess, only you have the power to say what you want, you are right, they cannot criticise you for using any word you wish to describe yourself. They can try but it's not going to work. If all minorities (sorry EDGs😂) rose up and said "Enough! We are sick of being treated like overly-sensitive invalids", it would all end.

[@elbavarden6084]

Notice how they capitalized "Black people", but not "white people".

[@carbonjohnson6414]

ya they capitalized Asian too

[@scenemaker864]

Love that casual anti-white racism

[@shinian6523]

Yeah I've seen that in a lot of places

[@Jamie_Wulfyr]

I'm a white Briton and certain people really grind their teeth when we refer to ourselves as "Indigenous". It drives them crazy...

[@leegaul2161]

@@Jamie_Wulfyr That's why education has failed. Indigenous doesn't refer to any specific ethnic group. It refers to the oldest known group living in a region. Anyone can be indigenous as long as their ethnic group has the oldest or shared history in the region. This is the reason we are playing language games the past decade, because language has completely been dropped by the recent generations.

[@hulakan]

The term "equity deserving groups" implies that there are groups that do not deserve equity. Who might they be?

[@hbjshowslopper]

It implies they are groups that normally are not treated equally

[@agoogolofgeese]

In North America, few people use “Caucasian” and fewer still are offended. I’ve never heard of someone being offended by that.

[@stefanmilicevic5322]

“It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words."-George Orwell, 1984

[@esmeraldagreen1992]

The book has become reality

[@craigquann]

He was off by 40 years.. but he's not wrong.

[@Mtonazzi]

@@esmeraldagreen1992 bit of this, bit of Brave New World... They were supossed to be warnings for things to avoid, not manuals to follow, tsk tsk

[@GreenHoleSun]

Straight to the point. 2+2=5

[@shadowdragon3521]

Literally Newspeak in the making

[@EmilysDismantlingIllusions]

I am Canadian and i am sending out an SOS.. its absolutely unhinged here.

[@tammylaronde8593]

I’m Canadian as well and you’re right. This country has become unhinged.

[@EmilysDismantlingIllusions]

It isn’t the Canada 🇨🇦 I was once proud of. It feels like hell here in earth.

[@sqae8398]

It has really degenerated here. A boring, lower IQ, less hopeful country that is almost fully dependant on money printing to survive (most G20 countries are at that point). It is too late to stop the decline(or change for those who are OK with it).

[@cheriemonami]

Fight back.

[@cheriemonami]

@@EmilysDismantlingIllusions I'm also doing what I can. Don't give up, even if hit with temporary set-backs. Act locally. It makes a difference and sends the message you're paying attention. Don't break laws but question them. You plus one other, then two more and so on. Grassroots strategy. American living in Waterloo shaking her head at the silliness.

[@kamchatka1528]

I feel like a lot of people here dont understand that guidelines are not mandatory. I am a library student in a candadian post secondary, and my school has somewhat similar guidelines. They are recomendations on speech to be used they will not lose your marks or disallow you from publishing. This isn't some 1984 speech limitation it is purely out of touch facalty trying to make their institutions look netter with a shiny facade. It has little to no effect on student or faculty work, and to say otherwise is dishonesty.

[@hbjshowslopper]

People tend to not research and just take the videos they watch as fact, including the guy who made this video.

[@wendymagnussen97]

Im Canadian and super embarrassed about this complete insanity. Thank you for breaking down this craziness and I agree- it offends me too!

[@UmamiPapi]

>word is made taboo >ban it >replacement is made taboo >ban it >repeat

[@DantesDarkside]

That is called an euphemism threatmill

[@spaceknight793]

That is how they control thought.

[@danda1124]

This NeanderthaI (4% Neanderthal) didn’t want to be called a NeanderthaI hybrid, which is scientifically proven. If he can’t accept a scientific dna make up then he shouldn’t cry about others not wanting distasteful labels.

[@muhammaddarrenputra6389]

Yup common in linguistic

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

Jews had the correct idea. Never renamed themselves; no matter how derogatory people tried to make the word. That's strength.

[@BrotherHood-xh9sg]

Remember, they consider "blacks" offensive, but they don't mention "asians", "whites", "hispanics" etc.

[@JordanSherrington-dn7wd]

That's exactly what I was thinking lol, it showcases how little thought they actually put into creating this pathetic rule set. The double standards are numerous.

[@CorporateG0th]

Apparently it's also offensive if someone calls you African-American. How often do you suppose they yell that at someone intending it to be an insult?

[@masumi158]

​@@JordanSherrington-dn7wd "Asians" refer to people from Asia or Asian descent (Asia is a continent), however blacks or whites refer to colour of people's skin, and hispanics refer to people of certain culture. Make it make sense.

[@RohitKulan]

​@@CorporateG0thif you were called that in Canada, you would be a bit confused.

[@AllyFin]

​@@RohitKulanI wouldn't, because America is a region consisting of two continents. Many countries are in it including canada.

[@asmartbajan]

Yeah, a couple months ago I heard the presenter of the Most Amazing Homes program (on the AWE channel) say some nonsense about replacing the term "master bedroom" with "primary bedroom" and thought to myself, "How ridiculous!" We've now become a society walking on eggshells, fearing we might offend others.

[@IRLWojak]

As a Canadian, I want out if this looney bin...worst government in almost 50 years, their policies completely ruined my life.

[@bignumbers]

Instead of "master bedroom" we should say "enslaver bedroom"

[@williamjenkins4913]

But that is going to piss off the Feminists.

[@cftyftyufyfuyfty]

k i n k y

[@SantomPh]

the tennis circuit for veteran players is now the "Enslaver's Tour"

[@Schwertfisch13]

​@williamjenkins491fighting the Patriarchy by wearing Dog collars and wanting to be choked during orgasm. And If you find that gross you're a bigot!!!!1!1!1!

[@kittehgo]

​@@SantomPhThat sounds like they have made slavery into a sport, each contestant are facing 12 people. In 30mins max they have to enslave as many as possible

[@xtremeranger30]

Avoiding "ghetto" as a term means we can't discuss the Warsaw Ghetto for it's importance in Holocaust history. This part of the uni guideline is absolute lunacy.

[@davidfinch7407]

You mean the "Warsaw Underprivileged Zone"?

[@danielefabbro822]

Not even the Venetian ghetto. I mean, it was the first ghetto for Jewish people in Europe. It was created to both control the Jewish and keep them safe. More the first than the later but, you know the period, right? Those wasn't years of tolerance and opening to the world, at least not in that way. And thank god there was little or nothing racism at the time yet. 🤣🤣🤣

[@bumblebee9337]

Bye bye ghettoblaster :(

[@auzad3s601]

@@davidfinch7407 This comment made laugh. Now I feel bad. But that’s still pretty funny

[@ONI_002]

@@davidfinch7407 holy shit, this might actually fall under holocaust denial in my country

[@Pengouinn]

As a french canadian, I'd say the word "oriental" can be used in many ways. Orient basically means "east" or "right". I've seen people use this word to talk about exotic and somewhat mysterious things from the east but after all, orient is a word like many others that is frequently used in geography or history, so banning it is just dumb.

[@capitainemmhenri1299]

I'm Canadian and I left this country. Will only come back right before the election hoping for things to change. If things stay the same then I'm leaving forever

[@hbjshowslopper]

Bye bye

[@rogervandusen8361]

I had it drilled into my skull to not use the term "oriental" during the late 1990s. Imagine my shock when I arrived in Bangkok in 2015 and on my taxi ride to a hotel I pass a giant billboard advertising a ladies' clothing shop called Oriental Princess!

[@DmnHd81]

lol yeah here in Asia we have no problem using the term. Heck we got places called "Pearl Of The Orient" and The Oriental Hotel is well known.

[@yumiyacha7287]

The Philippines calls itself "Perlas ng Silanganan" PEARL OF THE ORIENT!!!

[@petesantos5124]

Yeah the whole "Asian" thing is stupid. Asians included not just Orientals, but also Arabs, Persians, Indians, Armenians and others. These woke people are ridiculous 🤦.

[@cptrelentless80085]

People in East Asia think they live in the Orient. They think it’s east.

[@SantomPh]

Oriental and Occidental are outdated terms for the East Asian and European populations respectively. The actual people don't care and just make money out of it. The Orient Express literally went from Europe to China after all. You can't use "oriental" to describe the people in writing. Whatever they want to use the term for, it's their business.

[@stephengray1344]

Switching slave master for enslaver completely changes the meaning. Enslaver means the person who turned someone into a slave, whilst slave master is the person who owns the slave, and would usually be somebody who bought or inherited the slave.

[@fransbuijs808]

Exactly. In the case of the transatlantic slave trade, the enslaver would be African. Guess they didn't think about that!

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

But Metatron also used this word for SLAVs adn directly calls it descriptive instead. It's not descriptive, Slavic Rus established a civic state to escape being called "just a gas station" and things like that, JUST forced labor. TWO WORDS that actualy descirbe your "slavery" without using racism. Karel Čapek was a Czech writer who also invented ONE word for forced labor, "robota". The word "slav" comes from defining a people MEANT to be treated like robots, and thanks to having the word robot, we could just call robotic things robotic and human beings human. USA can't even call "Americans" a continental demonym, or Asians, their current Apple-Amazon forced labor, as anything by a race, of lesser humans. The big talking point is if AI art will take the jobs, that previously would be forced on cheap asian labor like animation. Because Japanese people whose intelligence USA calls artificial, already HAD a robot uprising in making their own "anime" and started resembling humans in US view. The Ghost in the Shell.

[@nikolaosaggelopoulos8113]

He should be called the "enslavement commodity acquisitioner"

[@TGPDrunknHick]

@@fransbuijs808 probably did. that's why it was changed.

[@oblivionsa7973]

@@fransbuijs808 That's exactly why they wanted it changed. They are trying desperately to absolve African tribes (and by extension black Americans) of any responsibility for the slave trade. In order to "enslave" someone you must oppress them, which means you cannot be a victim in that scenario, and that ruins the perpetual victimhood narrative they've been using to excuse all sorts of horrible behavior.

[@tadayoshiwatanabe]

Hi Metatron, you’re entirely right in every aspect. The trouble is, your excellent appraisal is around 20 years too late. They aren’t listening, because they’ve already won. The reason is that most conservatives have quietly left the academic field, like myself. Thus handing them their victory on a plate. This was suicidally stupid of us, especially considering that none of their ‘progressive’ ideas can really stand up to good, old fashioned academic scrutiny. We gave them a gigantic open goal, and now we have sophistry rather than scholarship. Globally. For some it was simply a matter of survival, with others it was intellectual cowardice, because there’s no getting away from it - dealing with a confederacy of dunces that are making rules for us, can put marks upon us. Wounds. It can ruin livelihoods and lives - like letting a simpleton drive the bus. Keep up the good work! Mille Gratsi ~ here’s an imaginary $10,000 donation … 😅… (I subscribed, tho’)

[@bigwinz]

Yes this is true. Conservatives abandoning institutions as soon as we get offended has pretty much doomed us. Same thing happened in churches.

[@user-vj2wt7jh7j]

I am glad to see you back in my KZbin feeds. I wasn't sure if you had taken a break or if KZbin/Google was playing games.

[@hugovandyk9918]

One of my favorite quotes from Terry Pratchett "The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning."

[@bigfoot8103]

I'm definitely having that, thanks. Good old Terry Pratchett strikes again.

[@archermadsen7744]

Terry Pratchett was very woke.

[@hugovandyk9918]

@@archermadsen7744 Terry Pratchett is a humanitarian. Not woke.

[@jasondashney]

@@archermadsen7744 Doesn't make the quote any less amazing.

[@archermadsen7744]

@@jasondashney Yes, and he wasn't on your side. He was a part of the woke left.

[@christophernuzzi2780]

People only started to be "offended" by these words when they were told they should be offended by them.

[@wambokodavid7109]

Whos getting offended tho? People use these word daily and I have yet to see someone lose their mind

[@halburd1]

@@wambokodavid7109 all you need to know to answer this is that leftists are insane and evil. knowing this then you understand.

[@aaftiyoDkcdicurak]

They were taught to be offended in school. Why do you think Gaydolf Shitler said to reach a nation you need to reach its youth. It's why schools are places of indoctrination and not education.

[@No_name860]

@@wambokodavid7109nobody is, that’s the point. The globalists use our institutions to push their ideas. Part of the ritual is to force you to change your language. Check out what the Soviet communists did and what the Chinese did under Mao. It has nothing to do with offending people. They’re using that excuse to get you to comply.

[@thethrashyone]

And when they realized that "I'm offended" is the magical phrase that gets them special attention.

[@laoaidan2400]

I am mixed race and in my country I’ve never heard anyone be offended by that first word (idk how KZbin feels about it and i dont want my comment erased) and it’s still used pretty frequently and isn’t considered offensive in my experience

[@martinhumphreys4891]

I think there's another reason for all this which goes beyond inoffensiveness: it serves as comfort food for the people who come up with these terms. Instead of trying to work to help the groups they're discussing, they spend time and effort focusing on terminology which lets them feel like they're actually achieving something.

[@Trevan2412]

"Equity deserving groups" is particularly interesting because it is an opinion baked into language. Whether a group "deserves" something is never an absolute truth, but they only allow this word to be used.

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

Doesn't it need a hyphen? Equity-deserving groups. (Oh God it's a "university" too.) :(

[@wiseonwords]

@@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking - Yes, you're right - the term does need a hyphen.

[@littlegiantj8761]

"Who are you referring to? Because there's a category of people who got it far worse than who you're probably thinking of."

[@thekickanoragm8559]

Well, doesn't it work by the logic that a certain race is systematically let's say "discriminated" per se(allegedly) and hence the opinion that it should be equited? It's not based on just abbarant stamenent, but in fact history of racial interrelationships, as we know it. I'm pretty sure this would be revelant in South Africa in 1950s, lol

[@Enyavar1]

Fringe minorities in our societies - like nazis - shall NEVER be referred to as a "fringe equity deserving groups". They do not deserve anything but contempt.

[@fubokuen]

The message: If we allow them to control certain words, they can control any words they desire.

[@matthewschwartz8730]

I figured I would let you know that I really do appreciate your content I have no idea how I found your channel and I'm glad I gave it a fair shot and started just going by to look real quick maybe pass it over... Your content is pretty thorough and it's actual it's real it's not some bullshit and I'm happy to be subscribed I wish you the best keep it up from Syracuse New York

[@paulpine6511]

Language in the field of race, history and politics, is a cross between "egg shells and minefields", it's okay if someone wants to steal that as a book title, you are free to do so. Great content.

[@stardust6691]

A girl I met (she was Australian), told me that when she was in school she had American (US) students, who where there for an international exchange, ask her why there were so few black students in the school. They clearly didn’t want to outright say black, so they resorted to the closest thing: Why are there so few African-Americans in the school?. Laugher ensues, and somebody answers: because we are in Australia.

[@user-tm8jt2py3d]

I know people hear these stories and like to laugh at "lol dumb Americans," but that's just the sad result of social conditioning. It's endless too now, you have to capitalize Black to denote that they are something different than the color, they are something elevated somehow. But still the only barrier to entry there is melanin levels.

[@GreenClassified]

Nothing screams "oppressed" louder than self entitlement.

[@DecrepitBiden]

Also, any countries in Asia, though I did see a few in Tokyo, but nowhere else in Japan. Cruise ships will rarely have them as well, like maybe 15 out of 3000 guests.

[@nisa3695]

Exactly. Same reason in some places in Africa people have never seen a white body

[@phantomkate6]

I had a friend who talked like this. The African Americans...in our city of Montreal. 😂 Ok.

[@hdmairbf]

As an Asian person born and raised in Florida, there is nothing racist about the word oriental. It’s literally a Ramen Noodle flavor

[@oz_jones]

Also Latin meaning Eastern

[@cariopuppetmaster]

Because oriental seems extremely old fashioned at best

[@hdmairbf]

@@cariopuppetmaster so old fashioned = racist?

[@cariopuppetmaster]

@@hdmairbf are you seriously saying words cannot be come outdated?

[@hdmairbf]

@@cariopuppetmaster is that what I said?

[@germanpenn]

This semantic makeup policy baffles me. Most of the terms are synonyms, the meaning is exactly the same! Why one is offensive and another isn't? I can understand that some words have a history behind them (like the n word), but what's the negative historical background behind "minority" that now we should replace it with "equity-deserving"?

[@user-fj7df3ng7z]

I remember seeing a Canadian talk show along the lines of Oprah Winfrey where race was the issue. The host posed a question to the audience and a young black man in the audience got up and said "As an African-American er African-Canadian, I believe....". This showed me that even our own blacks were just reflexively referring to themselves as African-Americans as a direct substitution for the word black.

[@Ninja.Alinja]

This African American thing got totally out of control in Germany. I’ve heard people referring to black people in Europe as Afroamerican even though they’ve never been there or might not even speak English.

[@ratisbonawau]

Same thing with how National Identities like Bavarian, Saxon, Westphalian have been replaced with "white" to really hammer in the destruction of our Cultures. Or how theyre also currently trying their best to remove any mention of the expelled Heimatvertriebene Germans of the former Eastern Territories.

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

They need to go home. Germany for the Germans.

[@ratisbonawau]

First Comment got removed "Same thing with how N○tion○l Identities like Bavarian, Saxon, Westphalian have been r-plac€d with "huyite" to really hammer in the destruction of •ur C\/lt\/res. Or how theyre also currently trying their best to r/move any mention of the expe//ed Heimat veгtгiebene G - rmans of the former Oriental Territories."

[@DerEchteBold]

Das Thema ist aber nicht neu, zieht sich schon lange hin, mir ist dabei sofort eine über 20 Jahre alte Szene aus der Harald Schmidt Show eingefallen, als Co-Moderator Andrack irgendwelche Leute überkorrekt als Afro-Amerikaner bezeichnete ...nur hatten die eben mit Amerika überhaupt nichts zu tun.

[@Zdraviski]

There was even a joke about in the movie Brüno (with the actor who played Borat).

[@familiecole]

As a father of a disabled child, who has given up a highly paid career to take care and to teach him the basic skills needed to function independently in life, I find it difficult to find upset and angst in the way other people use language. These have too much time on their hands, and not an ounce of compassion.

[@atraxian5881]

Generally the people "offended" by this use of language are affluent white people who have never experienced any hardship, but want to be viewed as heroes. The rest are in for the extra privileges being a "equity deserving person" brings them or a misguided useful idiocy.

[@radiofreeriver]

Let us not be like them, learn from their mistakes, and support eachother as the brothers and sisters we are. God bless us and ours.

[@radiofreeriver]

Let us not be like them, learn from their mistakes, and care for one another as the brothers and sisters we all are. God bless us and ours.

[@kimb5245]

I just found your channel a couple of days ago. Every video I see, I appreciate your perspective more!

[@23ADJ93]

The state of universities in this country currently has absolutely murdered any ambition I had of going to university one day.

[@rdhudon7469]

As a older Canadian I cannot describe how embarrassed of Canada I am . I would be eaten alive in Uni today. Take off noble hosers . eh !

[@rogerloger1935]

There nothing noble about British north-American.

[@crw-bm7mm]

Did you mean there is nothing noble. You must be a toad.​@@rogerloger1935

[@shinian6523]

Same :D

[@rdhudon7469]

@@rogerloger1935 Agreed . My heritage is French and Miq Maq . I'm a half breed .....oops.Lol

[@sebwan]

Get rid of Trudeau asap

[@handsolo1209]

"Oh oh, I'm an International Person, I'm an International Person, I'm an International Person from England in New York".

[@GreenHoleSun]

You are for sure an international person, unless you come from Canada, I suppose...

[@bumblebee9337]

World Citizens are a thing.

[@chepman08]

A man of culture here. “Be yourself no matter what they say” 🎶

[@marSLaZZ66]

😂🤣

[@CastlesKingSide]

but modesty, propriety, can lead to notoriety and you can end up as the only one

[@jaserart]

Forza Italia!! In Spanish the world "Orient" means "from the East " or "of the East" although a lotta old people sometimes uses it to refer to people from Asia. For instance my country's full name is: Republica Oriental del Uruguay. (Republic East of the Uruguay River) Thanks for your videos, I appreciate all the work you put into them, keep it up!!! Ciao!

[@christoffcreations1389]

As a Canadian I'm so sorry, were losing our minds ever since the maple syrup shortage 😢

[@ilanay]

Before coming to Canada, I used to think that all people were equal and can only be judged by their character and actions. Since then, it turned out that this was actually deeply racist, and that we SHOULD judge people first and foremost by their skin colour and ethnicity. Its a strange world.

[@martinliehs2513]

Canada has been turned upside down since around 2015.

[@silkeotd7194]

Yes, well you can thank the U.S.A. for infecting us and the rest of the world with this nonsense. It didn't start in Canada.

[@crataeguscrusgalli]

The destruction of Canadian society and Canadians' minds has accelerated greatly under the Trudeau regime.

[@martyvandenberg9914]

Our country is run by morons

[@user-hj7ld4ff7p]

Paint chips are available at RONA for comparison purposes.

[@soulwynd]

There are about 30 million enslaved persons right now. But thankfully Canadian universities are on the case of not offending them.

[@Free_Krazy]

That's nearly the population of Canada... Atleast the Universirty of Waterloo is doing their part to end this modern horror, so progressive!

[@chaosgyro]

Thank goodness they are only People Currently Experiencing a State of Involuntary Non-Self Ownership. That seems like an administrative problem for which their local office surely has a form. I was worried they might actually be slaves!

[@soulwynd]

@@Free_Krazy The number breakdown is more like this. Around 10 million slaves in Africa from generational slave families, including the same ones that were sold to the Americas. Around 20 million in forced labor and indentured service around the world Around 20 million of women in forced marriage, which the UN now also call slaves. Meanwhile, we best not say anything offensive.

[@junkandcrapamen]

Is it the U of W's responsibility to free those slaves? No. How would they? Is it their responsibility to have a welcoming and respectful environment at their school for everyone who attends? Yes.

[@soulwynd]

@@junkandcrapamen No. The responsibility of any university or college is to challenge people and make people able to think for themselves so they can go and potentially improve the world in their field of work. If they want to enact social justice, they should do it for real instead of virtue signalling with shitty fucking words that don't matter in the slightest in any environment outside their reach. They should teach about the real inequalities that still exist and challenge their students to come with solutions on how to fix it.

[@user-ny1ji3vw6y]

Wow! I found a real, live, fair-minded smart guy on YT - and topped off with a top-flight sense of humor! Made my day! Going to subscribe b/c the adrenaline is flowing ... lol!

[@Yourequiremoreminerals]

School in Canada has always been an awful experience and they find innovative ways to make it worse. Love your channel btw!

[@nogmeerjan]

"minority of murderers" => "the Equity deserving group of murderers" Does not feel right to me 🙄

[@PracticaProphetica]

This should work well for our American friends: "a minority of voters voted for Donald Trump" becomes "an equity-deserving group of voters voted for Donald Trump"!

[@exosproudmamabear558]

This has similar energy of life is bitter, soap is bitter life is soap.

[@GodsGrace758]

I HATE it so much too, because it’s DEVIOUS, but masquerades as compassion, & it’s heading to hell on earth!

[@lgroschiensalle]

But the gates of hell shall not prevail against it!

[@ulrikjensen6841]

As a counterpart to "orientale" and "orientalist" there is "occidentale" and "occidentalist"; all words are non-racist - and would you all please be quiet from now on 😮😊

[@Error_404_Account_Deleted]

Just like religion. Painted as a good thing but it’s about lies, control, and money.

[@ceciliacrocker390]

​@@Error_404_Account_Deleted, In today's world view of Christianity, I agree ..

[@Vocal-Vegan]

it is allowable racism n influences a focus on Our most obvious differences, what we look like. but it gives the guvs what they want, the divide n conquer that eventually conquers Our Humanity.

[@ryantron9]

The funniest thing about the whole “visible minority” thing is on all the medical federal documents…it’s asks you “are you a visible minority or part of an equity seeking group”. This means even the federal government - where it all stems from - is aware they’re different terms describing different people.

[@formdusktilldeath]

So what's a majority then? "Equity non deserving group"?

[@wombatillo]

If they are white, men, straight and atheist or christian, yes.

[@nikolaosaggelopoulos8113]

Waterloo University graduates are equity deserving.

[@Netist_]

woah buddy, you're not supposed to say that part out loud.

[@richardhockey8442]

'oppressors' in the minds of the people that like to use democracy to gain power, and then subvert democracy so only they have power

[@scenemaker864]

Ethnic-replacement-deserving-group.

[@fen6300]

as a French person, oriental means "to the East". That's it. Occidental is west, Meridional is South, Septentrional is North

[@SantomPh]

English academic writing is rooted in its colonial heritage. They separated the "civilized" worlds of North America and Europe with the mysterious "orient" full of magic, superstition, defying physics and sexual misanthropy or "The Other"". Other places like India and the Middle East get lumped into "The Orient" despite being very distinct from the East of Asia. The English academics have given us a lot, especially in map making and surveying techniques, but the basis for their thinking is often very flawed.

[@ionlawrence4401]

@@SantomPh BS. Orient means east, not all of this crap that you assign to it. Cringe

[@bunderlemu7802]

​@@SantomPh What's your point? That mystery has lured many Westerners to come here and learn about us. We also learn about you as you learn about us.

[@dyawr]

In Romanian it's the same, except for "Septentrional" for the North. We use 'Occident' for the West (including geopolitically), and variations of 'Orient' for the Near East, Middle East or Far East regions. Even geographically ("Carpații Orientali" - Eastern Carpathians). It's just descriptive & seen as proper, academic language...

[@fen6300]

oriens in latin means either "east" or "dawn, sunrise" which confirms my statement. Yeah it's pretty much the same in every language that derives from latin, except the english academics had to put a political statement

[@mrs.w5145]

Canadian here… I can’t believe what I’m hearing! What if your writing a paper about history? You would have to use all kinds of words to describe it, and then get kicked out of school I guess.

[@DylanoRevs]

Cartman: 🎶There are too many equity deserving groups...at my waterpark.🎶

[@cybtb]

I'm from Toronto Canada, and an Indian woman I was with said she did not like being called a minority because non-whites are now a majority...

[@martinliehs2513]

That is true both in most parts of Toronto as well as the University of Waterloo campus.

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

What? But... but why would she just throw away her free "get-out-of-responsiblity" card like that?

[@ShmuckCanuck]

I mean not only are they the majority But Canadas native population isn’t white Canada is a Native American country White people are immigrants

[@ShmuckCanuck]

@@Flarb1117I mean Most of its population not only isn’t white As a Native American I don’t know how to tell you this The majority of people in Canada were only white for a span of maybe 125 years And white peolle are immigrants Canada isn’t a white country

[@StephenYuill]

Yes we are now a minority in the country we founded. There is a lot of anger within white Canadians over our government's betrayal, as any peoples would feel. There was no need for this demographic change unless there was a very sinister plan as seems to be the case.

[@LyonTheGreat]

As a Canadian, let me tell you my dear Italian friend, it gets SO MUCH WORSE. You have not even begun to scratch the surface regarding the kinds of academic pollution going on up here. Would love to see another video taking a look at other universities and how they conduct themselves in the realm of social and institutional discourse.

[@FireflowerDancer]

'Academic pollution' perfect term! I picture a book falling right in the toilet 🤣

[@FireflowerDancer]

Also, I second your suggestion. That would be amazing if Metatron would do a piece on universities.

[@FSboy70]

Don't worry, you aren't alone. It's happening in all Western countries. Somebody clearly doesn't like western peoples, nor reality or facts lol

[@watchmanonthewall14]

Exact same occurring in the US.

[@markgnarz5399]

Yesh, I was recently told this is also on the Associated Press Style Guides--how they write their articles.

[@JonCox-hp4fw]

I saw a sticker once that said "History isn't there for you to change, or disagree with, it's there for you to learn from!"

[@JustMe-ob7lu]

I'm an Robotic Engineer from Austria. We once in the USA we had to rename our robots to Robot 1 anf Robot 2 from master robot and slave robot which is a technical term for a leading machine, motor, component on any kind of machine (including robots) . It took a while to do so and it took a while to understand the stupidity. It's just a machine. It wasn't offended

[@lettersquash]

Hmm, that still puts Robot 1 in prime position and Robot 2 ... wait, isn't that an equity deserving robot?

[@ra13579_]

This also happened to software engineering

[@leoniepipe6910]

@@ra13579_ And electronics. I rather liked the term "master-slave" for the controlling and the controlled transistor circuits. Very descriptive and not at all offensive IMHO.

[@jean-louispech4921]

in my work we use the word master and slave for communication with some network protocols. what is funny is that the smae robot, API , etc.. can be slave with one item and master with another item....

[@kurtellestad4070]

I call bullshit on this story. Nobody forced y'all to change a damn thing

[@amandamccallum6796]

I live in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 and this crap has completely taken over. I tried to watch a video from a local university about disability access in our local communities because I am disabled. Unfortunately, I couldn't get past the introductions because everyone introduced themselves like this: I am xyz, I am a white colonizer living on the traditional lands of, goes on to list 10 tribes, now called London Ontario. I was so WTF by the introductions that I couldn't even get to the subject matter.

[@PracticaProphetica]

I always tell them, "Well if you think it is their land, then give it back to them!" If I took over my neighbor George Brown's house, do you think he would be satisfied if I trotted around saying, "I am living in the traditional house of George Brown"? I think he wouldn't be happy until he got his house back.

[@carmenmccauley585]

Omg! Seriously? They don't realize everyone came here from somewhere else?

[@letsdothis9063]

Wow. Canada is hard-core. Are there really people up there that are actively participating in colonization? I mean, I know that it's still happening, but it usually isn't white people doing it now. That's interesting.

[@CJ-fs9gt]

Every day in school, little children are hearing those same 'land acknowledgements' before class begins and before any assembly. I refuse to stand up while they go through these rituals.

[@mpf5381]

The introduction also includes description of clothes worn, hair colour etc on behalf of the blind. My bad, People without Vision.

[@twistyrose]

I'm offended by the younger generation constantly trying to correct my grammar. They're sense of entitlement is nauseating.

[@theresefournier3269]

You are so absolutely right. It's all incredibly insane yet... just "wow"

[@Blainosdias]

Im in canada and the government is out of touch . Its not just university

[@JesusFriedChrist]

Society too.

[@Blainosdias]

@JesusFriedChrist people tolerate the dumbest stuff in the name of "good adornment"

[@Vocal-Vegan]

the canadian guv is trying to cause the same racial division in Canada tht gets So pushed in America. there is even a blk caucus in the ontario ndippy party. the website had thew mission statement tht read, we will focus on issues relating to the blk community........evryone pays them, but they get to only work for the ones tht look like thm........ the guv fully knows about politics being segregated in ontario n no-one is doing anything about it. if Our politics r segregated, then so should Our taxes be.

[@ch-yq5yn]

Then maybe people should start getting involved in politics and vote different. Instead of whining about it go out and do some outreach and talk with people. Complaining about something without taking action is a bit annoying. It's a victim type complex.

[@acecatman]

@@ch-yq5yn sounds like you're fond of being labeled a nazi by the CBC, losing your job, bank account and credit, and sleeping in a tent

[@anzerupnik1442]

The best part is that when you replace the word that describes the subject that offends you, the new word will offend you just as much after you get used enough to it to represent that subject.

[@sarahrosen4985]

Compliance and moving goal posts - point of the game.

[@Planeet-Long]

It's an ever-changing list, they do this every few years and it started in the 1960's.

[@barbarossarotbart]

@@Planeet-Long And the funny part is that at one point the words which were seen as offensive in the past will be acceptable agaibn and the words whcih had repalced them on such lists are considered offensive.

[@topomusicale5580]

Which is exactly why in my lifetime, the accepted term for a black person was negro, then it was African-American, then it was black, and now according to this it's Black person. They will always come up with a new term as a way to feel superior to those who don't immediately jump on whatever new term is pushed as part of their agenda.

[@allanturmaine5496]

Imagine a retelling of that classic story, 12 Years an Enslaved Person.

[@dominiccassidy9708]

Over here in the UK there was a comedian Charlie Williams, who was born and brought up in Yorkshire . His father was from Barbados and came to England in 1914. One of the jokes Charlie used to tell was, "There's this fella, he's got pink skin, yellow hair and blue eyes. He calls me coloured."

[@jarlnils435]

my grandfather asked his neighbor, who was from Congo, why he would be coloured. He said, "If you hit me, my skin will turn red, than blue, than green and yellow. If I stay to long in the sun my skin will turn red and than develope brown spots. You are always brown. Now who is coloured?"

[@zeljaanaaa]

This reminds me how in Turkey people call blue and green eyes coloured (renkli) 😅

[@tacticalskiffs8134]

Technically, black and white are not colours. Black is what you see when there is no reflected light. Some paints do that 99+%. Or you are in an unlit bank vault with the door closed. White is all elements of the visible spectrum of light together, which is why a prism can separate them out. Not sure what "of colour" means, but it sounds more like white than blacks. Of course people are melanin, blood, and skin, in variable amounts.

[@leinadreign3510]

Sir, you made me laugh by telling this great joke! Thank you ^^

[@jasondashney]

@@tacticalskiffs8134 I'd argue white is a colour. If you call any combined combo of other colors a new color, then the combo of all the colors is also a color. I'm not sure it would make much sense that you can have billions and billions of amalgamated colours and only one combo is excluded.

[@charlesodonnell2993]

One of my ancestors was abducted from the Adriatic coast north of Bari during the days of the Ottoman slave trade. The story has passed down by word of mouth every generation since. We use the words ""slavery" and " Turkish slave traders" so we do not forget.

[@richardhockey8442]

the barbary pirate slave raids on southern England and on US shipping which eventually resulting in the US marines being sent in - 'to the shores of Tripoli'

[@Dimitri.V-vu8jc]

As someone who recently attended and graduated from the University of Waterloo's BA program for history, I would like to assure you that the "avoid" words are not banned from assignments or papers. A discussion of history without the use of many of these words (eg. Slavery, Orientalism, minority) would be difficult, especially when the focus is on historical injustices. I think we should think carefully about what words we use, but we must be able to use words appropriate to a conversation.

[@WolfMage888]

I was in a PhD program. I was required to use pronouns. I advised my various professors that I choose not to use pronouns. Both stated that it was a requirement for their courses. I could select from a list of pronouns that I best fits my self identification. I had no less than 17 to choice from. I had no clue of all these options nor to this day what language they were generated from. I noted that there was an option to free format your choice which I did. I self identify as a Human, Earthling. Least to say neither professor appreciated my own view point. I left the program the following week.

[@benhancock6253]

How do you mean "not use pronouns"? We all use them and universities generally do that so they don't misgender transgender / non-binary students so as to not to cause an upset and to make this far more visible minority comfortable in society. Although, 17 is a ridiculous number and I can only see 3 (he, she, they) being legitimately used in any capacity.

[@poijupoij]

@@benhancock6253 You shouldn't have to use any

[@benhancock6253]

@@poijupoij you just used one. You is a pronoun.

[@SebasLarocque]

@@benhancock6253 "I could select from a list of pronouns that I best fits my self identification." Keywords : self identification

[@TheMaster4863]

You’re using pronouns in your comment

[@MinionofNobody]

I am an old retired guy. I have witnessed polite ways of referring to various minority groups change during my life. It can frankly be difficult for some older people to keep track of changes in terminology. Thus, some of us default to using those polite terms that were common when we were young without having any bad intent. My personal opinion is that we spend too much time and effort changing polite terms for minority groups. I think we do this because it is an easy way of convincing ourselves that we are making positive changes while failing to address the underlying issues. It is a lot like covering decaying walls with new wallpaper. Regarding the word “ghetto”, my grandparents were Italian immigrants to the U.S. My father was born and raised in an Italian ghetto. My father and his parents referred to it as an “Italian ghetto”. Changing the terminology does nothing but obscure the historical reality of where they lived so that modern people can feel better.

[@charlayned]

Yep, I'm right there with you, there are times when I slip and say "Oriental" when speaking of someone of Asian heritage and it's not meant to be a slur at all. Chances are good that I"m forgetting the word "Asian" (pain medications and neuro problems make word recall a bit wonky) and just have to revert to the word that I'm remembering.

[@tashatsu_vachel4477]

@@charlayned - The term 'Asian' is quite offensive to many of the people it can be applied to. Try telling someone from China and another from Pakistan that they are both Asian and watch them both insist they are not the same as the other group.

[@reekinronald6776]

I'm old enough to remember the birth of Political Correctness in the late 70s early 80s. Political correctness just referred to personal social interactions where a person, typically a white person would say something that was innocent to a black person, but could be taken the wrong way. For example, I recall making a joke to a group of people about me being the token man at an all female event. However, there was a black woman in the group I was talking to. After I said it, I cringed,....because "token" was often referred to black people. That was all Political Correctness was at the time. Social engineering to control speech in personal conversations. Now, it's controlling all of society, but the principles are the same.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Its exactly as you say, people change a few words and then feel good about themselves instead of taking any actual action to improve outcomes for the people they supposedly care about. If you call them out on this hypocrisy, they call you names and throw a fit.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@tashatsu_vachel4477 Thats missing the point. They are both Asian just like both me and people from Serbia are European. That doesnt mean we are the same, just that we live on the same continent geographically.

[@christiano9693]

"Don't you see that the whole aim of newspeak it's to narrow the range of thought?"

[@Ingulf_The_Mad]

It is much more than this. The purpose of propaganda, at least in its late stage form, is not to inform you, or deceive you or even manipulate you. It's to humiliate you. Its purpose is to be so outlandish, so ridiculous and so blatantly untrue and yet totally undeniable in order to reinforce the power of the state. The Soviets referred to this as 'hyperrealism'. That is-the state of everyone saying things that are completely false and that they know to be false-but which they cannot deny. The supermarket shelves are empty and bread lines stretch around the corner, but the newspapers report that the year's agricultural quotas have been exceeded once again. And then everyone is forced to repeat this lie and thus they become complicit in it. It is a system of total social humiliation and control, theorized in the aftermath of the October revolution by those who wanted to spread a communist utopia throughout the world and today made into a weapon by the world's economic powers in search of control over the masses, who take advantage of the work of these useful idiots.

[@christiano9693]

Real world newspeak primary characteristic: words and terms that include their own interpretation. For example "newcomer" or "refugee" instead of the neutral word foreign. Newcomer self contained interpretation: You are oldcomer, they are newcomer, this is an equalization, so they have right to come like your ancestors come from other land (like all human groups). Conclusion, your population don't have right to have a migration politic based on your population interests, because there are not nationals and foreigners that can become nationals through nationality acquisition, there are oldcomers and newcomers. Refugee self contained interpretation: Because this is proposed as alternative to foreigner, doesn't matter if this reflect the truth, don't matter that the person is from a country in war or anything like that, the aim is that if you don't agree with open frontiers you are against offering refuge so you are morally bad. You can do this exercise with every newspeak word. All of them contain an interpretation, none of them are neutral just words, all of them are political devices.

[@agnidas5816]

more than that. it is racist language where racism didn't exist before...

[@archermadsen7744]

Orwell was a socialist who who fought in the Spanish Civil War against fascists. He isn't your friend.

[@justacameraman4900]

'avoid using "slavery" the heck they want me to say, indentured servitude???? This stuff is crazy

[@stufen11]

None of this matters UNTIL the moment you comply with the insanity. Once you give in, it is too late to sound the alarm.

[@Netist_]

"We dont want to be pendantic." I mean, the entire article is pointless pedantry, so you should absolutely be pendantic about their nonsense.

[@i-craftsdesign3175]

Newsflash. Me as a Portuguese man am a "mulato". We use that exact word to refer to ourselves as mixed race. And not only do we not find that offensive, we downright roast ourselves and get roasted by others in a good spot of banter. But only "light roast" that is... Get it? Get it? I'll see myself out.

[@casualcausalityy]

If we can't laugh about this stuff we're doomed

[@ms.blackcat]

😁

[@FireflowerDancer]

A new racial descriptor "lightly roasted" 😂 And when you have a tan, it's 'full roast' status

[@alanmichelsandovalcardona4938]

Yeah as a mexican, I was told my great grandpa was a mulato, however for you and me that word has a different connotation because some dudes in some places used that as a derogatory term and now they ruined the party for everyone else.

[@derekgiandolfi39]

Bro...thats awesome.I am Sicilian who lived in Florida since Kindergarten. We went to Tyndall FAB Elementary school. We all grew up together..all races..nothing is more diverse than the military

[@xXDimistreoXx]

These people dont see how racist it is that if someone from a group gets offended by a word its representative of how they all feel about...

[@socketman]

As a native English speaker, I've never heard the term "oriental" used in a derogatory manner whatsoever

[@geonunes10]

I was born and raised in two third world countries, and still live in one of them. Not calling these countries undeveloped or third world won't change our situation. I'm still using the term regardless of what Waterloo university says.

[@keith6706]

Do you know what the origin of "third world" was? It had absolutely nothing to do with a nation's wealth.

[@nokaton]

And we really prefer to be called "undeveloped" or "third world" by the international communities as it is the indirect way to criticize our government. It's like, please call us undeveloped, to put the shame onto our incompetent gov, and also to some people in our country to wake up from their day dreams.

[@gaia7240]

It's probably that they think undeveloped=stupid

[@sarahrosen4985]

Undeveloped = corruption. See Haiti vs Dominican Republic or Yemen vs Oman.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

But that would imply that some of the wonderful people from those undeveloped countries who come to enrich our culture in the west might not be the best fit to live in the same society as us and that would imply other things that these woke people at universities do not want to think about. Same reason they want to ban police from noting suspects ethnicities in police reports, imagine what would happen if statistics about that came out! No, quickly just ban every word that can refer to foreigners in a negative context and hide all the data!

[@NeoN-PeoN]

This isn't about being kind. It's 100% about them controlling YOU. Control language, control though.

[@sarahm8712]

Political correctness is just fascism disguised as manners and compassion.

[@johnlacey3857]

As a Canadian who considered attending U of W at one point, I am ashamed.

[@bradmcmillan8654]

To be clear, this is from the University Relations portion of UWs website, right? So it's not terminology that is required for degree work, but for employees of the university in their communications with external clients. Correct me if I am wrong.

[@kevingray4980]

'Equity deserving people' is the most egregious example of newspeak rendering rational discourse impossible. "Are ethnic equity deserving people the only people who deserve equity? "

[@holyfool343]

I had the same response. Some of these are odd to see, e.g. I haven’t seen “mulatto” in print since the 1970s; but this one is just bizarre. “Minority” doesn’t have any stigma associated with it, and is most often used by the mainstream left. What, exactly, are they trying to combat here?

[@whatrubbishthishandle]

Is this university Woke?😮

[@erikblomqvist8325]

​@@holyfool343 They are pushing their political ideology, that minorities deserve equity. If Justin gets caught murdering someone, they'll replace "murderer" with "freedom deserving individual". It has nothing to do with reality and everything to do with their agenda. Pray for Canada. 🙏🏼

[@littlegiantj8761]

"Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?"

[@TheGraemi]

@@whatrubbishthishandle No, extremists.

[@vupni4493]

why would they remove the word "Ghetto"? wtf as a Jew trying to erase this word and its meaning is offensive, not the word itself

[@markp44288]

erasing any words is offensive, full stop.

[@nvelsen1975]

I'm amazed youtube even let you type gh-*-to. I get a 90%+ b*n-rate if I type that.

[@yuliapanina8815]

Oh yeah. I hear you.

[@YourKingJDG]

You know very well what people use that word for now

[@sakib9102]

Ah yes " erasing words is too offensive but actually erasing living people is preffered " XD what a joke