Dinesh Souza's 'Political Correctness'

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Political Correctness is defined as the avoidance, often considered as taken to extremes, of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against. “Political Correctness” was first used in 1793 in a U.S. Supreme Court judgement in a political-lawsuit. It is stated that first appliance of the term in its modern sense wasn’t until 1970, said by Toni Cade in the anthology The Black Woman. The term became popular in the 1990s, when a conservative author named Dinesh Souza used the term to denounce efforts to promote multiculturalism and opposition to hate speech. Being politically correct can cause obstruction of language, which is not well-advised. …show more content…

The team was disqualified on behalf of the “no taunting rule”, which includes raising your arms. A kid should be able to celebrate their own personal achievement. Unfortunately, this child, along with the rest of his teammates, cannot celebrate as it may offend the losing team, and whomever created the rules does not yearn to be “politically incorrect”. Then, there was a situation at a public school in California. A girl was told that she would not be permitted to wear a cross. Her orientation supervisor explained to her that the religious piece could be offensive to other people. This, along with the track boy and government in Seattle, are being treated unfairly in the name of being politically …show more content…

In extreme cases, political correctness can be considered unconstitutional, as it goes against the first amendment: freedom of speech. Usually, that isn’t the situation. Being politically correct, in its simplest form, is just being kind. “Politically Correct”, in fact, can actually be considered a misnomer. It isn’t about being right, it’s about being respectful and considerate. For example, you don’t just walk up to a black person and call them the n word. That’s incredibly rude and is considered politically incorrect. Despite the annoyance conservatives may show with being politically correct, the truth is without it, hate crimes based on race, sexuality, sexual identity, and physical ability, are likely to multiply. It seems to be apparent that innumerable people who talk down on political correctness only do it as an excuse to get away with being outright offensive to people, often minorities. A good example of this occurred just last month. Republican Presidential front runner Donald J. Trump has

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