Political Correctness: Key Components

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The term “Political Correctness” was first created in the early-mid 20th Century, but it erupted in the late 1980s. Political Correctness, or PC for short, is a term that is used to agree with the idea that people should be careful of what they say. Some of the key points of PC that people point out are Multiculturalism, Trigger Warning, and White Guilt. People say that PC is a wonderful thing because then Party A wouldn’t get offend by what Party B said, it’s great to a certain extent, but for myself, it’s going to be the ending of ourselves. One of the key components of PC is Multiculturalism, which can be defined as the view that cultural differences should be respected or even encouraged. Which basically means that we allow foreigners

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