Essays on Political Correctness

A term commonly used today is to be “politically correct”, to speak so that you appeal to all minorities without offending anyone, as a politician would. This is played out dramatically in the book Fahrenheit 451; the society believed that every book offends some minority,...

Imagine a world where everything you say is judged by someone. Imagine living in a world where everything you say is gender neutral. Imagine a world where you are denied freedom of speech. Unfortunately, this could become a reality if we let political correctness get...

What has the world come to? People are being unfairly punished for exercising their right to use the first amendment of this great country. Dave Chappelle tackled this issue in an ingenious way with his most recent show on Netflix ‘Sticks & Stones’. Also, according...

College and university campuses have been enforcing new regulations, based on the concept of political correctness, in order to protect students from troubling or insulting topics or terms, known as microagressions. In addition, trigger warnings are to be released by professors if material in a...

Today everyone seems to be placed in a stereotype between race or gender. If you were to ask someone about a typical black person, would their response be that they like watermelon and chicken and arguing? A typical Asian would eat Chinese or Korean with...

In the wake of Donald Trump’s presidency, a man who has again and again forcefully demonstrated his hatred for political correctness, political correctness has become a pejorative in the media, under the belief that political correctness has ‘gone mad’ in instances where political correctness is...

The original definition of political correctness was something of good intent. The basic idea was to not treat anyone differently just because of the color of the skin or any other superficial features and to help those who are disadvantaged in some way. Ever since...

The definition of political correctness says, “The term political correctness is used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society.” Political Correctness is idealistic at best, but the problems with these ideas...

The reason of visiting Italy had no connection to art at all. Müller was just travelling for curiosity in other places except his home town in Austria. However, as Müller looks around the street of Rome, he sees a poster announcing of Futurist sereta event,...

The two terms “Civil Rights” and “Civil Liberties” are usually involved in our daily conversations. We use these words so regularly that many of us don’t even realize we’ve been using them interchangeably and incorrectly. Even though we can say that they are similar to...