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Topic	is "field work" a racist phrase?
s0nicfan 01/12/23 10:14:24 AM #19:	gunplagirl posted... ...I've only ever seen field work uses to describe doing stuff like going to do work or studies in places outside of academic settings. Like for anthropologists, actually collecting data from people directly. Or for certain science fields, gathering specimens. Etc. That's how it is used everywhere by everyone. This university is claiming it's racist because "field work" sounds like "cotton picking" to them. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:970794480] in is "f... [t:80309330]...</cite> <quote>gunplagirl posted... </cite><quote>...I've only ever seen field work uses to describe doing stuff like going to do work or studies in places outside of academic settings. Like for anthropologists, actually collecting data from people directly. Or for certain science fields, gathering specimens. Etc.</quote>That's how it is used everywhere by everyone. This university is claiming it's racist because "field work" sounds like "cotton picking" to them. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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