Essays on Political Correctness

In her article, “Offensive Or Just Too Sensitive”, Claire Trevett discusses the viewpoints of both proponents and opponents of political correctness. On one hand, she contends, political correctness “removes divisions in society based on race, affluence, physical appearance and social status” (Trevett 1); at the…

The academic year ends as it began. Campus enforcers, the deans and administrators of universities, are still busy denying that any effort to restrict free speech exists. The concern over ‘political correctness,’ they say, is overstated. Such denials don’t alter the clear evidence that freedom…

To the “politically correct,” the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America is no cause for celebration. And even before 1992 began, their protests resulted in a significant victory: the naming of an American Indian as co-grand marshal in the 1992 Rose Parade. Parade officials…