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Saying ‘millennials’ is offensive, civil service told

Civil servants have been told to avoid using the word “millennials” because it is offensive.

The recommendation was included as part of an “Inclusive Language Guide”, which also advised staff against calling colleagues “Gen Z”.

In a section on age, the guidance warned against using such terms to describe different generations as they can “reinforce negative stereotypes”.

Staff have been told only to mention specific years or decades when referencing their colleagues’ ages, according to the Daily Mail.

Maybe point and grunt is the way to go, point at the person being referred to and grunt. Of course this discriminates against people who cannot point or grunt, but it’s a start. Simply throwing something at them as an indicator of reference would come up against similar risks.

For more general references it may be sufficient to refer to “the group” or “a group”. Of course this may not be specific enough to go further, but as we now know, being specific in relation to people is offensive, although maybe we should say in relation to people-like objects, avoiding unduly specific  language, although that too…
Point and grunt it is then.


Source: https://akhaart.blogspot.com/2024/10/point-and-grunt.html


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