University officials are keeping busy with their obsession over purifying the language to make sure it’s always “inclusive” and never “racist.” As we read here, the University of Southern California’s School of Social Work has decided that the word “field” has to go.
The word, you see, “could be considered anti-Black or anti-immigrant” because it might make people think of working in the fields.
Does anyone seriously believe that hearing the word “field” provokes feelings of apprehension in a person, even the most fragile of snowflakes?
But we can’t be too safe, can we? So I suggest that baseball stop using terms like “infield” and “outfield” because they might frighten away some people who might otherwise be able to enjoy the game.