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> wanting a definite list of words that were racial slurs that they could avoid using That is a very bad example. Unless you are talking about living in a smal
by dmitrygr 7y ago
> wanting a definite list of words that were racial slurs that they could avoid using
That is a very bad example. Unless you are talking about living in a small village, you'll find that the Justice Potter test of "i know it when i see it" does not work! There is no such thing as "we can all agree that $X is bad, or $Y is an insult". Cultures vary WILDLY around the world, and the internet brings all those people together, giving them ability to say things that some feel are "clearly insulting and you should know it" and others feel are "completely normal discourse"
If you want to create a rule and apply it, you actually need to be rigorous and precise. This is why laws are written that way, and why we do not have laws saying "do not do bad shit, you know what i mean"
So yes, if you want to ban some types of words you had better be ready to provide a clear, complete, and correct list of what is banned. You may update it, but if you aren't prepared to provide it, you are not yet ready to create a policy around it!
Some reading to explore:
Baskin, Barry (16 November 2018). Implicit Bias in the Courtroom (PDF) (Speech). 2018 Afternoon Plenary Speakers. Contra Costa County, California: Contra Costa County Bar Association. Retrieved 29 November 2018. http://www.cccba.org/attorney/mcle/seminar-materials/2018/Plenary_Session.pdf http://www.cccba.org/attorney/mcle/seminar-materials/2018/Pl...
Goldberg, William (October 2010). "Two Nations, One Web: Comparative Legal Approaches To Pornographic Obscenity By The United States And The United Kingdom" (PDF): 2121–2148. Retrieved 29 November 2018. http://www.bu.edu/law/journals-archive/bulr/documents/goldberg_000.pdf http://www.bu.edu/law/journals-archive/bulr/documents/goldbe...