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<blockquote data-quote="WayOfTheFourElements" data-source="post: 8032965" data-attributes="member: 6904757">Um...no. I think everyone has a different standard, usually one that people generally keep to themselves. What might be anti-inclusive to someone, but be fine to someone else and vice versa. As a result, what constitutes anti-inclusive language and behavior is often unpredictable. Yet at the same time, people are expected to speak or act in an inclusive way.I understand what an art director is. I was merely responding to someone's suggestion to hire an art director, and took that person at his or her word. Like I said, I'm not worried about companies. Companies have more financial resources to protect themselves. They can do more to ensure their works don't offend anyone than individuals can.I'm promoting about individuals and want to see more art in the world, not less. Google is useful, but insufficient. It can only tell us what phrases have provoked a negative in reaction in the past, but it provides little knowledge of what phrases might provoke future outrage. Expecting every creative individual to become a cultural anthropologist&nbsp; is not feasible. We need to decide on clear, understandable guidelines for anti-inclusive language and behavior that can be discussed and refined openly. As of now, there is simply too much unpredictability in the standards artists are expected to uphold.Should we really expect individuals to hire consultants for this sort of thing? Many artists are already struggling financially. I don't think setting the financing barrier to entry even higher is the right answer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayOfTheFourElements, post: 8032965, member: 6904757"] Um...no. I think everyone has a different standard, usually one that people generally keep to themselves. What might be anti-inclusive to someone, but be fine to someone else and vice versa. As a result, what constitutes anti-inclusive language and behavior is often unpredictable. Yet at the same time, people are expected to speak or act in an inclusive way. I understand what an art director is. I was merely responding to someone's suggestion to hire an art director, and took that person at his or her word. Like I said, I'm not worried about companies. Companies have more financial resources to protect themselves. They can do more to ensure their works don't offend anyone than individuals can. I'm promoting about individuals and want to see more art in the world, not less. Google is useful, but insufficient. It can only tell us what phrases have provoked a negative in reaction in the past, but it provides little knowledge of what phrases might provoke future outrage. Expecting every creative individual to become a cultural anthropologist is not feasible. We need to decide on clear, understandable guidelines for anti-inclusive language and behavior that can be discussed and refined openly. As of now, there is simply too much unpredictability in the standards artists are expected to uphold. Should we really expect individuals to hire consultants for this sort of thing? Many artists are already struggling financially. I don't think setting the financing barrier to entry even higher is the right answer. [/QUOTE]

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