No more ‘convicts’ or ‘felons’ if San Francisco passes criminal justice language proposal

The Board of Supervisors wants to scrap pejorative descriptions and use “people-first language” that downplays a person’s criminal record.

from California https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-22/words-like-convict-and-felon-would-be-out-in-new-san-francisco-criminal-justice-language-proposal
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