It's Monday, May 11th.
I'm Jane Koston, and this is What A Day, the show congratulating President Donald Trump on the 22-foot-tall golden statue
of himself at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Florida.
The statue was dedicated by televangelist and Trump ally Pastor Mark Burns,
who posted an important clarification on Twitter.
Quote, let me be clear, this is not a golden calf.
You know, like pastors normally say about golden statues of presidents they're dedicating at golf courses.
On today's show, Virginia Democrats are mulling over a plan
that would replace all of the judges on its state Supreme Court.
And President Trump finds Iran's response to a ceasefire proposal, quote, totally unacceptable.
But let's start with words.
Over the last year and a half, the Trump administration has made a big effort
to limit which words are used in federal documents.
In government memos and official and unofficial agency guidance,
hundreds of terms and ideas have been explicitly or implicitly forbidden from use, or at best, heavily discouraged.
These terms include words like accessible, activism, anti-racist, inclusive, and injustice.
Another example, intersectionality.
But unlike many of the words on the government's list, the term intersectionality has an origin story and an originator.
Columbia University professor Kimberly Crenshaw.
It's been nearly 40 years since Crenshaw coined the term intersectionality.