American University Rewrites English Language to Adopt
Bizarre Left-Wing Vocabulary
by Emily Jashinsky 28 Aug 2015
In an official
document, American University (AU)
is actively instructing its students to use a variety of bizarre, left-wing
“nonbinary” gender pronouns including “ze,” “hir,” “zir,” “per,” and “em.”
The document, which is printed on university letterhead and
can be located on the website of AU’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion, is
titled, “Pronouns: A Guide for the American University Community.”
It explains, “The practice of asking individuals what
pronouns they use for themselves should be done in an effort to respect the
diversity of gender identities beyond man and woman.”
AU instructs students not to “assume the gender of a
pronoun,” explaining, “she/her/hers are NOT ‘female’ pronouns, and he/him/his
are NOT ‘male’ pronouns.”
The two page guide includes a chart that breaks down the
grammatical uses of pronouns, “often used by trans, genderqueer, and gender
non-conforming people,” like “ze,” “e or ey,” “per,” and others. It even goes
so far as to explain the appropriate conjugations of these various pronouns.
The university warns students to “never argue with or
question a person’s gender identity of pronouns,” and to “always ask what
someone’s pronouns are.”
The guide instructs students on how to ask a person what
their preferred pronoun is and explains why it’s important to ask, noting “you
can’t always tell someone’s pronouns by looking at a person.”
It also tells students not to use the term “preferred
pronouns,” because many people find it “insulting.”
This comes after it was revealed by
Young America’s Foundation that students at AU’s freshmen orientation were
asked to introduce themselves by noting their gender pronoun in addition to
their name and hometown.
While not surprising, it is remarkable that a major
university would espouse such radically progressive practices in an official
document. The use of these pronouns was long isolated to extreme leftist
communities but has surged on campuses in recent years.
When a student organization at The George Washington
University, AU’s neighbor in Washington, D.C., attempted to mandate sensitivity
training for all student leaders on proper LGBT pronouns, it caused an uproar
of opposition in the national media because the school’s YAF chapter fought back.
Now, American University has decided to take this a step
further and officially instruct students to adopt this leftist
vocabulary.
Diversity
Julian
Bond was a chairman for the Premier
Auto Group Diversity Council, a director at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a director at the People for the American Way, and a distinguished
professor at the American University.
Note: Premier Automotive Group
The Premier Automotive
Group (PAG) was an organizational division
within the Ford Motor
Company formed in 1999 to oversee
the business operations of Ford's high-end automotive marques. The PAG was gradually
dismantled from 2006 to 2010 with the divestiture of its constituent brands
Ford Foundation
was a funder for the Center for Economic
and Policy Research, and the Center
for International Policy.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and the Center for International Policy.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a board member for the International Crisis Group, was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society, and a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone,
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the People for the American Way, the Brookings Institution (think
tank), the Harlem Children's Zone,
and the Center for International Policy.
Mark L. Schneider
is the SVP for the International Crisis
Group, and was a trustee at the American
University.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a
director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a senior
counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer
& Feld, LLP, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think
tank).
Klaus Kleinfeld is a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), was a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Gerald L. Shaheen
is a director at the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, and a director at the Ford
Motor Company.
Thomas A.
Gottschalk was a director at the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, and is a trustee at the American University.
Arthur J. Rothkopf
was the SVP for the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, and is a trustee at the American
University.
Fuad
El-Hibri is a director at the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, and was a trustee at the American University.
Gary
D. Cohn is a trustee at the American
University, and a trustee at the Harlem
Children's Zone.
Joseph T.
Eldridge is the chaplain for the American
University, and a director at the Center
for International Policy.
Ford Foundation
was a funder for the Center for
International Policy, and the Center
for Economic and Policy Research.
Barbra
Streisand Foundation was a funder for the Center for International Policy.
Philip Brenner
is a director at the Center for
International Policy, and was a director at the American University.
Gina
F. Adams is a trustee at the American
University, and a director at the Economic
Club of Washington.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. was the president of the Economic Club of Washington, is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a
director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a senior
counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer
& Feld, LLP, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think
tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Gerald L. Shaheen
is a director at the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, and a director at the Ford
Motor Company.
Thomas A.
Gottschalk was a director at the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, and is a trustee at the American University.
U.S.
Chamber of Commerce Foundation is a lender & philanthropic arm for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
John R. McKernan
Jr. is the president of the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and married to Olympia J. Snowe.
Olympia
J. Snowe is married to John R.
McKernan Jr., a risk committee member for the Risky Business Project, and was a U.S. Senate senator.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is a co-chair for the Risky
Business Project, the founder of the
Bloomberg Family
Foundation, and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Gary
D. Cohn is a trustee at the Harlem
Children's Zone, and a trustee at the American
University.
Julian
Bond was a distinguished professor at the American University, a director at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a director at the People for the American Way, and a
chairman for the Premier Auto Group
Diversity Council.
Bloomberg
Philanthropies is an umbrella organization for the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and a partner with the Risky Business Project.
Joyce Foundation
was a funder for the Risky Business
Project, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Valerie B. Jarrett
was a director at the Joyce Foundation,
is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior
adviser for the Barack Obama
administration, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
William
M. Daley is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and a director at the U.S.-China Business Council.
Mark
Fields is a director at the U.S.-China
Business Council, and the president & CEO for the Ford Motor Company.
Gerald L. Shaheen
is a director at the Ford Motor Company,
and a director at the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce.
Thomas A.
Gottschalk was a director at the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, and is a trustee at the American University.
Arthur J. Rothkopf
was the SVP for the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, and is a trustee at the American
University.
Fuad
El-Hibri is a director at the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, and was a trustee at the American University.
Julian
Bond was a distinguished professor at the American University, a director at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a director at the People for the American Way, and a
chairman for the Premier Auto Group
Diversity Council.
