This is a sign of what happens when political correctness is a way of life. This idea of classing everything as a racist crime or a hate crime. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-dead-prison-half-way-12-month-sentence.html
You are encouraged to use "they" now, when referring to a person. No more "he" or "she". My 9th grade English teacher is spinning in her grave.