Thursday, April 22, 2004

More thoughts on Political Correctness

This is a pretty fair summary of what Political Correctness is all about, from "Soldiers of Misfortune: The New Right's Culture War and the Politics of Political Correctness" by Joe L. Kincheloe, Valerie L. Scatamburlo, Shirley R. Steinberg (Peter Lang, 1998).

"The phrase [politically correct], however, has since been seized by the New Right and has assumed an entourage of defining characteristics. Enforcers of today's status quo now use the term to describe any position that challenges the virtuosity of capitalism, the nobility of right-wing cultural values, or the notion that oppressive relations of racism and sexism are still pervasive in America. The right-wing appropriation of the term has enabled P.C. to become a catchall phrase for a variety of conservative targets, embracing every imaginable cause even remotely associated with the Left. Indeed, P.C. permeates our cultural sphere like no other soundbite in recent history."

I over looked this text initially, but might have to do some more reviewing of it. So don't be surprised if you see more from this text.

Incidently I largely agree with what is above. But you know that.

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