The Canadian Style
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- Elimination of Sexual Stereotyping, Correspondence; names and forms of address
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- Elimination of Sexual Stereotyping, Full range of human characteristics and situations
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14.10 Gratuitous modifiers
Certain modifiers reinforce racial and ethnic stereotypes by giving information that suggests an exception to the rule. Avoid them:
not
- The board interviewed a number of intelligent Black students.
but
- . . . a number of Black students.
or
- . . . a number of intelligent students.
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