Political correctness has acted as a muzzle to those with an opinion and bubble wrap to those who are easily offended. Political correctness involves the prohibition of many common expressions and habits on the grounds that someone in our diverse society may take offence to them. It might have been born of a generous impulse - it’s good to avoid animosity when one can - but it has been taken to the extreme. It has become a nightmare for anyone with a different perspective on current affairs. We are encouraged to think about sexuality, gender identity, cultural imperialism, and race, but discouraged from talking freely about these very real issues. We have arrived at a point where we are constantly talking, but we are not actually saying anything. …show more content…
This sparked his ambition to ban all members of the Islamic faith from the United States, or insist on having all muslims carry a special pass. Moreover, the Mexicans that had immigrated to America were a focal point for the new president. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems to us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” It’s obvious that Donald Trump has some extremely racist tendencies, made exceptionally clear by his desire to build a wall along the Mexican border. Trump voters now share a similar image. This resulted in the ‘I am Muslim’ campaign - an attempt to get through to the Americans with racist beliefs as well as to support those that bare the brunt of stereotypical
Gone are the days of legalized slavery, of Nazi Germany, of women being incapable of having a notable opinion. No longer is there a system of racial segregation adopted by an entire country, complete white supremacy or lynchings performed by the Ku Klux Klan. Yet, although we are no longer exposed to such past experiences and despite us living in a world where diversity is embraced more than ever, the existence of prejudice remains. Today we have universally come to accept multiculturalism, varied ethnic backgrounds and those populations who historically were forever stigmatized. But in spite of these developments prejudice has manifested itself in other, more subtle ways and no matter how modernized society become such unfavourable attitudes
Across the nation, millions of Americans of all races turn on the television or open a newspaper and are bombarded with images of well dressed, articulate, attractive black people advertising different products and representing respected companies. The population of black professionals in all arenas of work has risen to the point where seeing a black physician, attorney, or a college professor are becoming more a common sight. More and more black people are holding positions of respect and authority throughout America today, such as Barack Obama, Colin Powell, Condelezza Rice and many other prominent black executives. As a result of their apparent success, these black people are seen as role models for many Americans, despite their race. However, these groups of black people are exceptions to the rule and consist of only a tiny fraction of all black Americans. These black people in turn actually help to reinforce the inequality of black Americans by allowing Americans of other races to focus on their success. A common thought is, "They made it, why can't you do the same?" The direct and truthful answer to that question is Racism.
“…Everybody jumped on him, and beat him senseless… Everybody was hitting him or kicking him. One guy was kicking at his spine. Another guy was hitting him on the side of his face… he was unconscious. He was bleeding. Everybody had blood on their forearms. We ran back up the hill laughing… He should have died… He lost so much blood he turned white. He got what he deserved…” (Ridgeway 167). The skinheads who were beating this man up had no reason to do so except for the fact that he was Mexican. Racism in this day and age is still as big of a problem as it was in the past, and as long as hate groups are still around to promote violence, society is never going to grow to love one another.
Since this country was founded, we have had a set of unalienable rights that our constitution guarantees us to as Americans. One of the most important rights that is mentioned in our constitution is the right to free speech. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
Trump has said and believes that all immigrants that enter the United States are bad and are set out to endanger the lives of all individuals
While browsing through articles on the internet, I came across many related to the topic of racism. I am beginning to feel as if I am surrounded by stories of racism. From the KKK’s aggressive campaign against immigrants, to the police violence against black people in cites throughout our nation, racism and discrimination continue to be problems. One story stood out to me and continues to make me uncomfortable. Malachi Wilson, a five year-old boy, could not attend his first day of kindergarten in Seminole, Texas. What could he have done to warrant the principal’s rejection? His hair was simply too long.
Islam is the religion that provides a complete code of life including social as well as personal spheres. Islam has been targeted by many stereotypes including extremism since last few decades. The reason behind these stereotypes are on some facts and to some extent widely propagated through media. Many people involved in criminal activities, get highlighted easily by media and catch the attention of general public if they are Muslims. A major role behind these stereotypes is played by the outcomes of the 9/11 attacks. Muslims have been targeted with stigmatization and other forms of racial discrimination. They have to face tight security at international airports. Employers have also been showing concerns or hesitation while hiring Muslims especially the immigrants. Many reasons beside 9/11 attacks behind Muslim stigmatization in United States have been in existence since many decades.
In American politics today, issues such racism, misogyny, homophobia, and xenophobia are a few of the many topics some of the main talking points that for left wing political activists discuss. It seems as if racially motivated protests have been becoming increasingly prevalent. The creation of safe spaces has become quite a common practice , especially in intellectual environments, to prevent people from being offended or “triggered” by others opposing ideologies arguments, ideas, or statements. During the recent presidential election, cycle mainstream media appeared to be more concerned about Donald Trump not being completely politically correct rather than Hillary Clinton’s extreme carelessness in regards to properly handling classified
There are many different ways thoughts, ideas or views on certain subjects are squandered in order to attain political correctness. The constant bashing of other views by their peers makes them afraid to
Political correctness: “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”. In recent times, there has been a large controversy on Political Correctness. While some people say that America has been too politically correct, they don’t realize that they’re treating people with disrespect. The reason people try to stop the usage of slurs and offensive mascots is so they aren’t discriminated against. Native Americans have just as many rights as any other person in America, yet we see their culture appropriated constantly in the media with nothing done about it. While
Twain satirizes and critiques on the theme of American cultural hypocrisies: civilized society, parent-child relationship and religion. Hypocrisy is the term to describe ones’ claims to have moral standards or belief but do not live up to it, even if they claim to have certain virtues. Huck and Jim are the two characters who travel together while escaping from whom they tried to hurt them: the abusive father, Pap, and the widow and her sisters who wanted to sell Jim. Most people would frawn upon Jim’s situation which hurts him but would offer Huck help for a similar situation. This is known to the American cultural hypocrisy of civilized society. The American civilized society claims that “all men are created equal”, the idea created by the
This is true in the sense that with gaining knowledge of social standards and developing ways of better defining social groups, we are going to have to say “We’re sorry for the spoken mistakes that have kept English and mankind from evolving and this is the new term that does not primitively stampede over your history.” I will try to show my interpretation of what politically correct language is and why it should be used, only to how it relates to the United States of America but possibly to a broader geographical range. The use of politically correct language creates less social conflicts, develops more equality, and needs to be constantly updated in order to define the group or person correctly. In fact, humans prefer, sometimes without being consciously aware, to group things together in an effort to better explain the world around them. I emphasize “things” because in order to derive order from apparent chaos we must categorize, referencing everything.
for it to be construed as offensive. I would hope that a person in this
The article "The Pros And Cons of Political Correctness" found in The Onion is found to be incredibly satirical. With its use of both trivializing and exaggerating the concept of being "politically correct". The term political correctness they use is usually defined by the layman of avoiding words that are deemed "offensive" and regressive. This obviously develops a strong sense of controversy between those with the progressive mindset and that of the conservative or liberal.
It so happens that a strong reactionary movement in response to something can also be misguided in their efforts, even if pursued in the name of the greater good. These strong reactionary movements lean heavily on one side, and their proponents reverberate like-minded ideas in an echo chamber, rather than being more balanced and nuanced, and not forming an ideology that is so uniformly “left.” Of course, they will say they have a right to be mad and I am not condemning their feelings of anger and indignation, but that a movement spurred out of these feelings is bound to be incorrect in at least some ways. Unless political correctness is the incontrovertible truth and requires no refinement, then chances are there is work to be done and there should be no shaming for suggesting