George Orwell suggested that if you control language, you can control people, and there’s no denying that the radical left has taken that concept to heart.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in the push for “equity,” which is not to be mistaken for equality in that it is intended to ensure equal outcomes, not equal opportunity. An example of this involves Delta Airlines, which has reportedly jettisoned the term “ladies and gentlemen” during gate announcements.
With troubling reports of safety and maintenance issues besetting the airline industry as it pushes headlong into “woke” skies, Delta publicly declared in 2021 that it was striving to “boldly pursue equity.”
That’s according to Delta’s Chief Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Impact Officer Kyra Lynn Johnson.
“So we’re beginning to take a hard look at things like our gatehouse announcements. You know, we welcome ‘ladies and gentlemen.’ And we’ve asked ourselves, ‘Is that as gender inclusive as we want to be?’” Johnson said at the time, while participating in a panel with other DEI insiders, according to Fox Business. “You know, we’re looking at some legacy language that exists in some of our employee manuals. And getting to the root of the way some things are described and saying, ‘Does that actually send a message of inclusivity?’”
The network reported that Delta released an inclusive language guide in December 2020 advising against the use of terms that reinforce the science-based reality that there are only two genders.
“Use gender-neutral language and pronouns. Do not use language that suggests a gender binary (male-female),” the Delta guide said.
A Delta spokesperson reinforced the idea of inclusive language in a statement to Fox News.
“Delta encourages our people to use language that is inclusive of everyone as our global customer base includes a broad range of diversity in cultural backgrounds, identity, and experiences,” the spokesperson said.
On the same panel, Johnson also stressed the importance of Delta being an “antiracist company,” as opposed to just not being racist.
“To really come out and say, as an organization, that we are an antiracist company was really important to us,” Johnson said. “We are going to actively seek diversity. We’re also talking about how we’re going to boldly pursue equity. And we’re talking about the steps we’re taking to consciously promote inclusion.”
She added, “So, we realize, like many of you have, that it’s not enough just to say, ‘We aren’t racist,’ but to say that you are antiracist.”
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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