What Is Political Correctness

“I know that even now, having watched enough television, you probably won't even refer to them as lepers so as to spare their feelings. You probably call them 'parts-dropping-off challenged' or something.” (Moore) To many, this might seem like funny quote, but behind the quote there is some truth. The quote is introduction to political correctness and how it is affecting the way people speak today. Political correctness is 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. On paper, this seems like political correctness would be good thing to society, it makes the people think
People are slowly becoming afraid to speak their minds in public, especially in colleges, where kids are being prepared for the real world. Political correctness is causing negative effects on the public and are not allowing people to talk about racial, social, and political issues the way they should be spoken. Our society needs to find a way to properly use political correctness, because there is a purpose for it, without going to the extremes and silencing the nation. “If we look at it analytically, if we look at it historically, we quickly find out exactly what it is. Political Correctness is cultural Marxism. It is Marxism translated from economic into cultural terms. It is an effort that goes back not to the 1960s and the hippies and the peace movement, but back to World War I. If we compare the basic tenets of Political Correctness with classical Marxism the parallels are very obvious.” (4, Lind). As it was stated, political correctness is nothing new, it has been around for decades, since world war I. It all stems back to the days of Marxism in Germany, a man by the name of Max Horkheimer, came to Frankfurt from russia opened a school there in Frankfurt. Marxist, just like Max Horkheimer, believe that the fall of a nation
One of the thing that are affected by political correctness is the whole college experience. Today, colleges are severely affected by the extremes of political correctness because it gives students a false sense of reality and keeps the students within a Political correctness bubble. There have been many times where political correctness has caused issues in schools, one example “Judges have interpreted the First Amendment broadly, giving Americans some of the most expansive rights of speech in the world. But over the past two decades, and especially the past few years, American college administrators and many students have sought to confine speech to special zones and agitated for restrictions on language in classrooms as well. To protect undergrads from the discomfort of having to hear disagreeable ideas and opinions, administrators and students—and the U.S. Department of Education—have been reframing speech as “verbal conduct” that potentially violates the civil rights of minorities and women.” (2, Mondon) WIth the over political correctness, not all students are able to speak their minds and only the students that agree with the opinions of the colleges can be heard. The other students can express opinions, which is not what college is about, college is about meeting new people with different perspectives and different opinions., everyone cannot agree, it is okay for students to feel challenged by