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.
According to Gentle Blythe, a spokesperson, Wednesday’s administrative decision by the school district saw the retirement of the term for its 10,000 employees.
How about high-ranking officers complaining that their titles are not superior? Gentle gently tried to calm that:
“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 Chef(Vulgar Latin). *capum,Latin Caput “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 therefore used an old French phrase to mean heads. Unrelatedly, it was discovered that the heads of tribes were important. Now, the power elite decides that this word is mainly about tribal principals and must therefore be thrown out.
And somehow, nixing a non-negative allusion to someone constitutes consideration — not erasure.
My best guess is that our cultural commanders will think in the interests of everyone, even the most marginalized Americans. Minorities are told what they hate or love to be called by them. 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”).
According to some reports, tribal members identify themselves largely according their clans. 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 stated that concerns were expressed by tribal 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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