diff --git a/education/english/ENGL2010/Engl2010 Writing Project.md b/education/english/ENGL2010/Engl2010 Writing Project.md index 4acacfa..4472094 100644 --- a/education/english/ENGL2010/Engl2010 Writing Project.md +++ b/education/english/ENGL2010/Engl2010 Writing Project.md @@ -72,4 +72,9 @@ - As people put up defenses from each other, we grow farther apart, and it becomes easier to view a group of people as "the other" - These groups tend to - Harassment can be more effectively combatted by re-interpreting the treatment they receive. -- \ No newline at end of file + +# Dilemmas of political correctness + +- Discussions around political correctness can often be simplified down into such: + - Proponents see nothing to fear in erecting norms that inhibit expression on one side, and opponents see this as a misguided effort to silence political enemies. +- The author defines political correctness as "the attempt to establish norms of speech (or sometimes behavior) that are thought to protect vulnerable, marginalized, or historically victimized groups, with the goal of shaping public discourse with the goal of avoiding insult or outrage, a lowered sense of self esteem, or otherwise " \ No newline at end of file