California School Officials Ban a Word Out of Respect for American Indians, and the Whole Thing Is Embarrassing – Opinion

In San Francisco, they’re chiefly concerned about language.

Therefore, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Unified School District will stop using the word “chief” in job descriptions.

This is because they respect American Indians.

A spokesperson for Gentle Blythe stated that the school district has decided to end the term of its 10,000 employees in an administrative decision.

Imagine if officers of high rank complain that they have their superior titles taken away. Gentle attempted to soften the blow:

“By changing how we refer to our division heads, we are in no way diminishing the indispensable contributions of our district central service leaders.”

It’s a curious move, as “chief” originated in 14th-century France.

From etymonline.com

Chief (n.

c. 1300, “head, leader, captain; the principal or most important part of anything;” from Old French Chief “leader, ruler, head” of something, “capital city” (10c., Modern French The chef(Vulgar Latin). *capum,Latin Capput “head,” also “leader, chief person; summit; capital city” (from PIE root *kaput- “head”). Meaning “head of a clan” is from 1570s; later extended to headmen of Native American tribes (by 1713; William Penn, 1680s, called them kings).The 1660s saw the first attestation of Commander in Chief.

English speakers used an ancient French term to describe heads of things. It was also noticed that some tribes have heads. Then, fast forward to the present, where those in power decided that the term primarily refers to tribal principals, and therefore it should be removed.

And somehow, nixing a non-negative allusion to someone constitutes consideration — not erasure.

As far as I know, cultural commanders think for all Americans. They tell minorities what they like or dislike to be called. They’re currently doing so with the promotion of “Latinx,” a term used by only three percent of actual Hispanics as of 2020. They’ve done the same with “Native Americans,” a title pushed despite its erroneous use of “native” (similar to the error of “‘indigenous’ people”).

Tribes identify largely according to the clans they belong to. But as for any notion that the Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa and the like recoil at “American Indian,” consider the following organizations:

Another message to tribes from the Powers That Be: “We’re going to remove references to you that confer authority, bravery, strength, or power.”

There’s a lot of non-erasure goin’ ’round:

Cleveland Indians Are Down to a ‘Final List’ of Possible Names

Foul Bawl Cleveland Indians announce a name change

Walt Disney World Denounces High School Drill Team Guests After They Chant, ‘Scalp ‘Em!’

Washington’s Permanent NFL Team Name May Not Win Awards for Originality…or Wokeness

SJWs Cancel Johnny Depp’s ‘Racist’ Cologne Ad

And now San Francisco announces that American Indians are personally harmed by its bigwigs being championed as “chiefs.”

Gentle clarified that reservations had been raised by tribe residents.

“While there are many opinions on the matter, our leadership team agreed that, given that Native American members of our community have expressed concerns over the use of the title, we are no longer going to use it.”

Which person, and by how many, was maligned? We’ll certainly never know.

Regardless, as for the district’s 13 officials who lost their labels, surely the new descriptions will be absolutely acceptable. And anyway, we may be moving away from such apple-pie-sounding designations as “chief”…

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