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Here's some irony for you that I ran across while searching for other articles on this:
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Originally Posted by Originally Posted by YWCA
Hosted by YWCA Family Village Issaquah Mental Health
We will be showing the DVD "Unnatural Causes" about hidden racism in the health care systems. We will be sponsoring a brown bag luncheon for staff and the community.
TIME: Noon - 1 p.m.
LOCATION: 930 NE High Street #101, Issaquah, WA 98029
CONTACT: Chris Bingham, 425.922.6192
To say that one "brown-bagged it today," meaning 'brought lunch from home' is still a fairly common expression. Elliot Bronstein of the Seattle Office for Civil Rights finds this expression to be racist. All PR personnel at city agencies have been advised not to use the term. Instead, they should use the expression "lunch and learn" (??) or "sack lunch" (say isn't that potentially a gender-biased and therefore offensive?)
And furthermore, they are advised to avoid "citizen" because it is not inclusive of Seattle residents who are not citizens. Bronstein notes that the city's "Citizen's Service Bureau" was renamed the "Customer Service Bureau," presumably for this reason.
Looks to me like city employee Bronstein has way too much time on his hands.
Crazy! Guessing I can't bring watermelon, barbecue and Mad Dog 20/20 for lunch.
You shouldn't have written this statement bro, you probably just offended a lot of people, that don't have two hands. You really need to be more sensitive.
OK, that really made me laugh!
Seattle is a very strange city. I lived there for a while; had to get away!
To say that one "brown-bagged it today," meaning 'brought lunch from home' is still a fairly common expression. Elliot Bronstein of the Seattle Office for Civil Rights finds this expression to be racist. All PR personnel at city agencies have been advised not to use the term. Instead, they should use the expression "lunch and learn" (??) or "sack lunch" (say isn't that potentially a gender-biased and therefore offensive?)
And furthermore, they are advised to avoid "citizen" because it is not inclusive of Seattle residents who are not citizens. Bronstein notes that the city's "Citizen's Service Bureau" was renamed the "Customer Service Bureau," presumably for this reason.
Looks to me like city employee Bronstein has way too much time on his hands.
He's doing it because he can. This is where being "politically correct" has gotten us - to be point of being absolutely ridiculous.
What's his thought on vanilla fudge swirl ice cream??
The West coast Libnutters have really gone off the deep end
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Then again, I'm not that easily offended.
