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David Crystal avers in this book http://virtuallinguist.typepad...sh-in-100-words.html that the term, "Political Correctness" has begun to lose relevance and is disappearing, due mainly to the absurdities committed in its name. While I certainly agree with Crystal, you may not. Do you still think the term has merit if used judiciously?


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Yes, I do, although I am being politically correct in saying so.
 
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Well, I don't think Crystal has the best reputation here on WC. I think the phrase is still relevant, though I do agree that some have gone way overboard in using it. So I guess I am somewhere in the middle.
 
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I'm not sure it is, what with so many people NOT "stifling themselves" these days, as Archie Bunker would have put it. I'm sure it is alive and well on university and college campuses, where a great effort is made to teach students to be civil, not always successfully.

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Yes, WM, you are right. There is very little "stifling" these days!
 
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I think I may have forgotten to share with y'all: sometime in the last 6 mos a Spanish teacher in my UK email group told how a parent complained to the principal that their young child was being taught the word 'negro' (Sp. for the color black)in school! Tho' most laughed this off as a fluke, the incident may reveal that PC has mainstreamed to middle-class England...
 
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My favorite was when the newspapers printed the story about a runner whose last name was Gay whho had won a big race. They announced "Homosexual wins race."
 
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You might be right, Bethree. I wonder what that parent did with "Little Black Sambo," which, by the way, was one of my favorite stories as a child.

That's amazing, proof. Is it really true?
 
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Is it really true?

Yes. It was a far-right Christian paper that objected to the use of the word "gay" in this way. They had set up a search-and-replace to change instances of "gay" to "homosexual" in agency reports. Then Tyson Gay won a 100m race...


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"Little Black Sambo," which, by the way, was one of my favorite stories as a child.


Annnnnnd.... not an African!


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