In today’s society, people are encouraged to adapt to the movement of political
correctness as to not offend anyone. According to Princeton, political correctness is “avoidance
of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are
socially disadvantaged or discriminated against.” While preventing discrimination is the alleged
goal of the movement, I believe it is counterproductive and on the contrary instills intolerance
and ignorance.
One of the biggest goals of the political correctness movement is to adjust our language to
be more sensitive to those who are discriminated against by race, sex, religion, etc. However, this
adaptation does not show acceptance but instead points …show more content…
The political correctness movement is full of hypocrisy as they are gain authority by
shaming those who do not share their opinions and bullying them into silence. In 2008, a young
middle school aged girl named Rachel was overheard by her bus driver when she told a fellow
student that she would never vote for President Barack Obama because of her anti-abortion and
anti-gay marriage beliefs. After Rachel had been dropped off, the bus driver was caught on camera
saying to the remaining students, "If you can't believe in tolerance toward one another, you don't
belong here. You belong in a church school." She went as far as to assume the child was a racist,
saying if she were to ever make racial remarks, “I would want to know about it, because I am going
to eat her alive," finishing her speech calling Rachael “a stupid little bigot." After dropping off the
rest of the children, the driver returned to the girl’s house, picked her up while she was home alone
and lectured her on her views. When Rachel’s parents learned of their daughters experience, they
were horrified and demanded the school take action. However, the school dismissed
correctness as to not offend anyone. According to Princeton, political correctness is “avoidance
of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are
socially disadvantaged or discriminated against.” While preventing discrimination is the alleged
goal of the movement, I believe it is counterproductive and on the contrary instills intolerance
and ignorance.
One of the biggest goals of the political correctness movement is to adjust our language to
be more sensitive to those who are discriminated against by race, sex, religion, etc. However, this
adaptation does not show acceptance but instead points …show more content…
The political correctness movement is full of hypocrisy as they are gain authority by
shaming those who do not share their opinions and bullying them into silence. In 2008, a young
middle school aged girl named Rachel was overheard by her bus driver when she told a fellow
student that she would never vote for President Barack Obama because of her anti-abortion and
anti-gay marriage beliefs. After Rachel had been dropped off, the bus driver was caught on camera
saying to the remaining students, "If you can't believe in tolerance toward one another, you don't
belong here. You belong in a church school." She went as far as to assume the child was a racist,
saying if she were to ever make racial remarks, “I would want to know about it, because I am going
to eat her alive," finishing her speech calling Rachael “a stupid little bigot." After dropping off the
rest of the children, the driver returned to the girl’s house, picked her up while she was home alone
and lectured her on her views. When Rachel’s parents learned of their daughters experience, they
were horrified and demanded the school take action. However, the school dismissed