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Language used to describe culture risks being âtoo sanitisedâ
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Workplaces across Australia have become lost in a sea of jargon and acronyms, as they try to describe people in minority groups without identifying their colour, race or ethnicity.
New research to be released on Tuesday suggests the language used to describe peopleâs cultural background and identity has been watered down to avoid offending people.
A Harmony Day celebration in Sydney.
Credit:Luke Fuda
University of Sydney researcher, Associate Professor Dimitria Groutsis, said the research has found that more clearly identifying and describing the cultural background of people in workplaces âwithout walking on eggshellsâ was important in tackling barriers to inclusion. She said the language used to describe race, colour and the cultural diversity of a workplace had b
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