Political Correctness are some people taking it to seriously?
#1
Posted 18 September 2008 - 09:18 PM
Anyway my question is whether or not this whole political correctness thing been taken to far. My opinion is in some cases that yes it has been. For instance some girl in my Comp class today told me that potholes in the road should be called "pavement deficiencies."
#2
Posted 18 September 2008 - 09:30 PM
I heard a debate on the radio a few years ago about how people were complaining about the use of the black and white buttons in Xbox games. And funnily enough, they're no longer present on the 360 controller, replaced by the rear bumpers.
#3
Posted 18 September 2008 - 09:37 PM
The whole point of being pollitcally correct is to not hurt someone else's feelings. And to that, I will quote Chopper Reid and say "Harden the **** up!"
Seriously. The term "Black Hole" is not racist, and calling black children who're playing in a tree "monkeys" isn't either, unles they're throwing a real racist slurr in with it. I've heard people call white kid's monkeys before too, and no one ever thought that was racist.
Seriously. Racism is bad and all, and I'm not for it in the slightest, but unless someone is undeniably being racist, then let it be. I've probably been insulted more times than any minorty, and I'm a white male. I shrug them all off like they were nothing, because they are nothing.
Sticks and stones man, sticks and stones.
#4
Posted 19 September 2008 - 12:15 AM
#6
Posted 19 September 2008 - 12:49 AM
But really,being pollitically correct only serves to prevent people from building up an immunity to insults, or lack of compliments, or whatever else you can think of that falls into that category.
#7
Posted 19 September 2008 - 01:18 AM
Ashley Tisdale, on Sep 18 2008, 11:49 PM, said:
But really,being pollitically correct only serves to prevent people from building up an immunity to insults, or lack of compliments, or whatever else you can think of that falls into that category.
In other words: It puts hair on you chest.
#8
Posted 19 September 2008 - 04:18 PM
#10
Posted 19 September 2008 - 07:47 PM
The options are usually: White, African-American, Asian, Native American, Hispanic/Latino, other
What happens if you're multiracial? What do you put down if you're a white South African, or you're from some part of the world that doesn't neatly fall into those categories (Caribbean? What if you're from India, do you put down you're 'Asian', which usually implies Chinese/Japanese/Korean?), what if you're an Arab?
And what if you, yourself, personally identify as something completely different?
It's limiting, frustrating, and needless to say, just unnecessary.
#11
Posted 19 September 2008 - 09:44 PM
#12
Posted 20 September 2008 - 12:33 AM
I have met multi-ethnic people though. I'm sure I've met others, but it's not always obvious that they have blood from two (or more) different ethnic groups.
Golden Legacy, on Sep 19 2008, 06:47 PM, said:
The options are usually: White, African-American, Asian, Native American, Hispanic/Latino, other
What happens if you're multiracial? What do you put down if you're a white South African, or you're from some part of the world that doesn't neatly fall into those categories (Caribbean? What if you're from India, do you put down you're 'Asian', which usually implies Chinese/Japanese/Korean?), what if you're an Arab?
And what if you, yourself, personally identify as something completely different?
It's limiting, frustrating, and needless to say, just unnecessary.
Well, I assume it's for background checking purpouses and legal matters. I mean, let's say you were hiring someone to work for you. Due to his/her resume and interview, you have reason to believe that he/she may have previously committed a crime. Knowing what ethnicity they associate with would be a big help in finding out whether or not they have a criminal record, and/or what crimes they've committed.
Other than that, though racial profiling isn't exactly the best thing around, it's useful for that aswell.
As for someone with a mixed ethnicity, they could always just select other, or whichever they choose to assimilate themselves with. Though I think it should be an option to allow more than one box to be checked.
#13
Posted 20 September 2008 - 12:53 PM
If your black I'll say your black
If your white I'll call you white
if your mexican, well I might accidently call you a wet back.
xD