Our Government has way to much to think about. ABC news just broke this story. The Office for Civil Rights contends that city government serves all residents of Seattle whether or not they are citizens. In addition, the use of "brown bag" could unintentionally bring up racist connotations, according to Bronstein. "It used to be a way people could judge skin color," Bronstein said in a phone interview with ABC News affiliate KOMO-TV in Seattle. According to the memo, other options are available to city employees such as "sack lunch" or "lunch-and-learn. The memo comes after the state legislature voted to remove gender specific words from official records, meaning words such as "freshman" and "journeymen" will be replaced by "first-year" and "journey-level" respectively.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 00:25:11 +0000
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