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2020-06-19 -PC Follies

Duluth pushes to remove 'chief' from job titles, calling it offensive to indigenous people

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Posted by Fred 2020-06-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Next up - the NFL's Kansas City ______.

Posted by Raj 2020-06-19 00:31|| 2020-06-19 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Really? Show me the data. Never heard of this before. I'll bet native Americans haven't, either.

Posted by gorb 2020-06-19 00:54|| 2020-06-19 00:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Etymology of Chief
from Old French chief "leader, ruler, head" of something, "capital city" (10c., Modern French chef), from Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput "head," also "leader, chief person; summit; capital city"

These are anti-European and anti-Latin bigots.

Posted by Phusorong Platypus6384 2020-06-19 04:18|| 2020-06-19 04:18|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't think replacing Chief with Master is gonna work.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-19 06:40|| 2020-06-19 06:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Kozlowski, from the Gdansk Chippewa.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-06-19 08:06|| 2020-06-19 08:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Hope the Navy top enlisted don't get sucked into this wordplay...

Posted by USN, Ret. 2020-06-19 09:13|| 2020-06-19 09:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Living in Oklahoma I guarantee that calling a random American Indian "Chief" is really not a great idea (unless you want to start a brawl). But. This. Is. Stupidity. On. Steroids.

Posted by magpie 2020-06-19 10:31|| 2020-06-19 10:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Can we remove Chief Justice Roberts in the bargain?

Posted by Iblis 2020-06-19 11:15|| 2020-06-19 11:15|| Front Page Top

#9 Well known way to get ignored by the bartender - snap your fingers and loudly say "Yo, chief!"

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-19 13:15|| 2020-06-19 13:15|| Front Page Top

#10 They should also flatten the city org chart since hierarchies are inherently patriarchal and oppressive. Then everyone can have the job title of "Citizen".

Posted by SteveS 2020-06-19 13:34|| 2020-06-19 13:34|| Front Page Top

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