Backlash against Politically Correct

[Revoltingest]

Something funny in the news.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-white-model-on-its-cover-apologies-followed/

Emily Bador is a white woman. She is not, therefore, a black woman. Normally, that wouldn’t be news worth reporting, mostly because it isn’t news.

But her race came into play recently because of the new cover of Blackhair magazine, a British glossy that bills itself as “an international bi-monthlymagazine for the style conscious black woman. Packed with 100’s of hair inspirations, fashion, lifestyle and celebrity interviews, we are one of the leading publications for women of colour in Europe.”

The magazine, which generally if not always features black or mixed-race models, used her photograph for the cover of its December/January issue. The editors have admitted they didn’t know she was white.

This is a fascinating controversy......

The magazine allows black women & mixed race women on its cover,
So it's OK if a model is part white. But if 100% white, then she's verboten.
The magazine is ostensibly about appearance, yet the controversy is about
a model who appeared appropriate for the cover, but isn't genetically pure
enuf to qualify.
Add to this the model's deep shame for being "guilty" of cultural appropriation.

 

[idav]

Political correctness can go pretty far but should amount to no more than "don't be a jerk". Nothing more nothing less.

 

[wicketkeeper]

PC is the restriction of adult conversation. Its all about the game and psychopaths are in charge - to a degree, even they follow orders.

 

[Timothy Bryce]

It appears that we need better definition of "politically correct".
I say....
It's when civil & rational speech is curbed in order not to offend people too easily offended or actively seeking offense.
It can be:
- Avoidance of discussing a topic entirely
- Replacing benign terminology with awkward new ones

Nice!

 

[Sunstone]

Everything under the sun can be taken to a ridiculous extreme -- including political correctness. But if someone thinks throwing out the extremes justifies or requires them to throw out all the rest, they are pretty goddamn dumb to begin with. Or, to put that another way, they are extremely intellectually challenged and probably would benefit from being made a ward of the state.

 

[dust1n]

Fidel Castro was a winner.

 

[Revoltingest]

Some history of the term......
Political correctness - Wikipedia

 

[LuisDantas]

The way I see it, the backlash is necessary for its own sake, because at some point people will feel unduly pressured by the expectations of others. And, sure, because there is actual excess sometimes.

To an extent it is an unavoidable part of the proccess of questioning form in order to pursue substance. But there are dangers of its own in that backlash. Those dangers, too, are unavoidable and must be dealt with before we can go on.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

When people who aren't racists, sexists, or bigots in any way are labeled as such due to the unquestionable rules of political correctness, and their unwillingness to blindly follow those rules, then political correctness has gone too far, and needs to be rethought and readjusted if it hopes to result in anything positive or productive going forward. Otherwise, it will simply devolve into inerrant scripture for its believers and heretical poison to unbelievers. Arguably, a state it has already reached.

If we believe people should be more sensitive, compassionate, and understanding, then I would make the crazy suggestion that promoting methods and opportunities which foster connection and empathy would be more productive than promoting rhetoric and semantics which foster judgement and closed-mindedness.