According to American Greatness, “A Manhattan based school that charges parents $57,000 a year, has offered a 12-page guide to staff, students and parents that encourages them to stop using ‘mom’ and ‘dad’.

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Grace Church school issued its ‘inclusion glossary’ for 2021 which it claims will “remove harmful assumptions from the way we interact with each other.”

Instead of using the terms  “mom” and “dad,” the guide recommends “grown-ups,” “folks,” “family,” or “guardians.” It also suggests using “caregiver” instead of “nanny/babysitter.” . . .

Editor’s Note: The Episcopal school guide’s instructions are below:

“Families are formed and structured in many ways. At Grace Church School, we use inclusive language that reflects this diversity. It’s important to refrain from making assumptions about who kids live with, who cares for them, whether they sleep in the same place every night, whether they see their parents, etc.,” the guide reads. . . .

In a statement reported by City Journal, the school appeared to defend the guide.

“Grace is an Episcopal school. As part of our Episcopal identity, we recognize the dignity and worth common to humanity,” said Rev. Robert M. Pennoyer II, the assistant head of school. He also said the guide comes from “our desire to promote a sense of belonging for all of our students.”. . .

Wall Street Journal Bans Reporters from Using the Term ‘Illegal Immigrant’

The Wall Street Journal, owned by billionaire Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., is banning its reporters from using the term “illegal immigrant” and “illegal” to refer to illegal aliens living in the United States.

This week, in an update its style guide, the Journal states that while it will allow reporters to continue using the term “illegal immigration” to describe the process of illegal aliens arriving and staying in the U.S., it will no longer permit reporters to describe individuals as “illegal” or “illegal immigrant” in an effort to stop “labeling people.”

The Journal style guide revisions now state:

Illegal immigration describes the actions of people who cross borders illegally or remain in a country after their legal right to stay has expired. Use illegal to refer only to an act, not to a person or people: illegal immigration, but not illegal immigrant(s). When describing a broad category of immigrants, use alternatives such as immigrants who entered the country illegally … people living in the U.S. unlawfully or without the legal right…. When needed, the phrase lacking permanent legal status is accurate shorthand covering both those in the country illegally and those with a protected status that shields them from deportation. [Emphasis added]

Illegal immigration is a highly charged issue that must be covered with precision and sensitivity, without taking sides or resorting to pejorative labels or to euphemisms that avoid calling acts in violation of immigration law what they are—illegal. It is acceptable to write about illegal immigration as a process or issue: Then–President Donald Trump made illegal immigration a centerpiece of his presidency. But the shorthand phrases commonly used in the U.S.—illegal immigrants, undocumented immigrants, unauthorized immigrants, illegal aliens—have become politicized or lack precision. Don’t use such labels except when quoting people or official documents. . . .

Most recently, President Joe Biden’s administration has banned the use of the terms “illegal alien” and “assimilation” and has instead blanketed all foreign nationals in the U.S. as “noncitizens” and “undocumented noncitizens.”

House Democrats filed legislation in January to ban the use of the term “illegal alien” and “alien” in federal law and documents. . . .

The term “undocumented” to describe illegal aliens, however, incorrectly assumes that all illegal aliens are undetected by the federal government. On the contrary, there are a number of categories of illegal aliens who have been documented as entering the U.S. and not leaving, such as visa overstays or recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. . . .

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