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Censorship

Choosing Just the Right Word

Charles Oliver | 9.3.2015 6:00 AM

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Some professors at Washington State University have told students they will be punished, perhaps even failed, for using "oppressive and hateful language," such as "illegal alien." And at least one professor has told white students he expects them to "defer" to non-white students in class.

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