Some say to stop using the word ‘American’. What’s next?

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Same here.

As for those who take offense, oh well.
 
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Canadian Americans, who are North Americans no less, are even more annoyed by our co-opting the word American for the United States only.
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I’m not sure anyone can claim that USA ‘co-opted’ the name “American”. That said, I’ve been to Canada many times. I’ve never had a Canadian call themselves anything but a Canadian. Occasionally, when in Quebec I’ve heard them call themselves ‘French’ Canadian. However, I don’t think that implies that they are co-opting the term ‘French’ or that the French have co-opted it either.
 
Maybe it would be easier to rename the continents.
 
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That’s true too, I’m not really advocating for calling myself either of those. Just a thought I had if something like that did happen (Which I hope doesn’t come to that).

It almost feels like whatever term is used, it’s going to possibly not sit well with some or confuses others.
 
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What thought crime? Nobody is going to jail over this. I swear, I’ve never seen Orwell so misused as I have in this community.

Did you read the University document? “The document is intended to serve as a best practices guide” and "What this document is not: This is not an official policy or required practice. "

And more importantly - the reasoning behind all this: “The Americas encompass a lot more than the United States. There is South America, Central America, Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean just to
name a few of 42 countries in total. That’s why the word “americano” in Spanish can refer to anything on the American continent. Yet, when we talk about “Americans” in the United States, we’re usually just referring to people from the United States. This erases other cultures and depicts the United States as the dominant American country”

And in this thread, we literally have other people from the Americas expressing their annoyance that the phrase “American” is being co-opted by people from the United States. Which seems to justify the University’s reasoning.
 
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Canadian Americans, who are North Americans no less, are even more annoyed by our co-opting the word American for the United States only.
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Some are, some arent. In my experience, Canadians abroad want to be know as Canadians, as opposed to Americans.
 
Being “white”, I can lament the pernicious effects of liberal white guilt. What, are we all supposed to clasp hands and sing, "We are the world… "?

But that would offend any extraterrestrials in attendance. Now what?
 
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In this specific case perhaps not. But more generally what I posted applies. Try using the wrong pronoun in certain institutions. Or how all the professors and others being shouted down by angry mobs or worst because they dare to deviate from the orthodoxy.
 
Cool red herring bro.

We’re talking about the word ‘American’. Not what you’re alluding to.
 
I’m talking about the linked article. And with all the words mentioned in that article I’d bet that at that institution there are many unreasonable speech restrictions already in place, if not officially then tacitly.
 
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And the linked article had a link to the University document. I’m not concerned about what you’re betting, or assuming, or extrapolating, or the article’s author’s interpretation. We have the first-person document at our disposal. Having eyes, see you not?

The document says bluntly that they are not posting regulations or restrictions. That it’s a best-use guide to promote a sense of community. And again - judging by the reactions of actual people from the Americas in this thread expressing their annoyance at how the word is used, I’d say the Univeristy is justified.
 
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That’s a good point. When do you choose to use: England, Britain, United Kingdom, or U.K. If they remain in the EU much longer, nobody is going to know where they are.
 
Okay if this thread is a straight jacket where we can only discuss the word American as it relates to the linked article and not discuss broader issues I have nothing else to offer.
 
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What is the broader issue exactly? Things you’re “betting” is maybe going on, probably?

If it’s how the liberal-fascist elites of academia are arresting people in the quads for using the wrong language, the document produced by the university demonstrates that’s not the case.
 
Now that’s offensive.

Now we’re not only supposed to be loud, fat and stupid but full of you know what as well?

🤬

(Not really offended, just acting like I am.)
 
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