USC's School of Social Work said it will no longer use the word 'field' due to potential racist connotations.
"We are committing to further align our actions, behaviors, and practices with anti-racism and anti-oppression, which requires taking a close and critical look at our profession – our history, our biases, and our complicity in past and current injustices," the letter stated. Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work is joining other universities in making this change," the school told Fox News Digital.
"I understand that this decision was made by the Office of Practicum Education out of a desire to more accurately describe its work," Interim dean of theSuzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work Vassilios Papadopoulos told Fox News Digital. "Because the Office is not an academic department, its name change was not subject to a formal review process. The university does not maintain a list of ‘banned’ or discouraged words.
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