Watch Out Mother Goose, You're Next...

GingerPersons, the 'R' Word, Female Chauvinism...

The Indiana Daily Student noticed recently that ginger-flavored cookies for sale at Indiana University in Bloomington are called "ginger persons" instead of the more traditional "gingerbread men."

The cookies are reported to have been stripped of their gender in order to appease the gods of sensitivity.

Mary Frohliger, an IMU employee of 23 years, wonders what the folks who wrote the Mother Goose rhymes would do today.

"You can't go, 'Run, run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm a gingerbread person.' That doesn't work; you can't do the rhyme without 'man,'" she said.

Rhyme-Master Jesse On the Case

Jesse Jackson says use of the term "refugee" to describe victims of the hurricane in Louisiana is racist, according to the Baltimore Sun.
The paper says use of the term is another example of the bias permeating coverage of the Katrina disaster in the national media.
"The use of the term refugee doesn't benefit anybody," said Richard E. Vatz, a professor of rhetoric and communication at Towson University.
"It's another way of depicting African-Americans as hierarchically low, and I understand why they wouldn't want to be associated with that."

Even President Bush bought into it.

So That Explains It!

The Associated Press says hundreds of firefighters from across the country who volunteered to help out in New Orleans were delayed in Atlanta for days of sensitivity indoctrination by federal authorities.
The firefighters were told by FEMA that it would take two days to train them before they could carry out their community service and outreach duties. Part of that training included classes on sexual harassment and lessons on how to deal with ethnic groups...

Read it all, priceless stuff.