My Unconscious Biases
by Calo Baba
February 2024
Sentences from my new book flagged for correction by the Inclusiveness Editor in Microsoft Word. (With suggested corrections.)
— So for the next couple of months I spent my spare time talking to all the doormen at buildings of city areas that I liked.
[Suggested correction: door attendants]
— At the time, she had a live-in maid who took care of her twins.
[Suggested correction: housekeeper]
— “What would you say if I came over to your place and spent the lockdown with you guys?”
[Suggested correction: you; you all; you folks]
— But now I found myself at a crossroads, forced to decide whether to go back to work or quit my job completely to continue to stay home and become a full-time housewife.
[Suggested correction: stay-at-home spouse; stay-at-home parent; homemaker]
— I went to live in a Maasai tribe in Kenya for a month to, hopefully, inspire people to do something to help others.
[Suggested correction: ethnic group]
— Maybe because my grammatical expertise in my mother tongue—Italian—had severely diminished through the years.
[Suggested correction: native language; first language]
— Going from deeply engrained singlehood to an immediate role as a family man.
[Suggested correction: a family person]
— “Ladies and gentlemen, we are sorry to inform you that the flight to Buenos Aires is delayed.”
[Suggest correction: People; Adults]
