So in my first weeks at Oxfam, I furiously edited anything that crossed my desk, striking poor and replacing with something more sanitized. It also groups all parties into one term, despite potential differences in the way they are engaged or interact with a project or activity. He argued that political correctness in language not only destroys meaning but also demeans the people who are meant to be protected. This works in the best interest of vulnerable people such as minorities, those with disabilities, etc. Bernstein favors also using the term "pushout," which, she says, "opens up the possibility that the onus isn't entirely on the dropout" and "looks at root causes." WebThe term "politically correct" was used disparagingly, to refer to someone whose loyalty to the CP line overrode compassion, and led to bad politics. Continue with Recommended Cookies. However, says Russell Rumberger, director of the California Dropout Research Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara, high school graduation rates kept declining, to a modern-day low of 69 percent by 2002. He cites a Brookings Institution study that says that to raise your chances of becoming middle class by age 40, it's necessary to avoid jail, avoid becoming pregnant as a teen and pass high school with at least a 2.5 GPA. For most of my pre-teen and teenage years, I hid the fact that I wore glasses. The Aspen Institute, among others, has funded "opportunity youth" initiatives that seek to bring together schools, community groups, foster care programs, family court and the juvenile justice system to help young people find their way back. And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris of racism and sexism and hatred, it replaces old prejudice with new ones. [10] Similarly, a common conservative criticism of higher education in the United States is that the political views of teaching staff are more liberal than those of the general population, and that this contributes to an atmosphere of political correctness. Political correctness prevents people from sharing and promoting hate speech.
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