Elaine Martin
What's Wrong with Political Correctness?
During the Trump presidential campaign, we were taught that being “politically correct” (or PC) is a basic obstacle to expediency and avoiding or ignoring it assists with the resolution of our problems. But, what is political correctness? Is it not a self-awareness that our actions and words can be damaging and offensive to people we do not fully know? Or, is it the use of words received poorly only by those with a thin skin and a petty inconvenience to monitor how we beha