PC Politics and Culture--Part 1 I grew up in the age of political correctness. Political correctness told us, implicitly and explicitly, not that it was wrong to be a racist, but that it was wrong to speak and act like a racist, to be seen as a racist. Political correctness sent two very different messages to two very different populations of white people. It confirmed white liberals’ belief that racism is wrong, but it sent the message to white conservatives that they must hide their racism. It wasn’t wrong to be a racist; it was just wrong to get caught. The messaging of PC was always external, never internal. Decades before, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. warned us of this: “Desegregation will break down the legal barriers and bring men together physically, but something must touch the hearts and souls of men so that they will come together spiritually because it is natural and right (Strength to Love 29). But King was murdered. No effort was made to confront the reality of th
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