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Originally Posted by valo403
This isn't about political correctness, it's about crafting exams that are as neutral as possible so that some students aren't disadvantaged by seeing topics they either can't relate to, don't believe in or are distracted by.
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I see what you mean...
"If you have 6 Halloween candies and 3 dinosaurs, how many candies can each dinosaur have?"
If you didn't celebrate Halloween or believe in evolution, that would be a nearly impossible math problem to some people.
They are banning words, not just topics. Banning the word divorce or slavery? You don't need to be divorced or enslaved to get the context.