Political Correctness

- - INTRODUCTION This is an English exam paper prepared for the EVU2ADM/ØK course at Niuernermik Ilinniarfik, Nuuk. The main topic of this paper is the USA, and I have chosen to concentrate on the issue political correctness. My purpose with this paper is, by giving examples, to shed some light on how the use of a certain kind of language can affect the public opinion, and how this - via political correctness - …

…us a more civilized race. The tragedy is that the movements often resort to closed-minded and dictatorial methods to spread their beliefs. Sadly, the PC movement's oppressive means seem to have undermined its goals. LIST OF LITERATURE Various issues of : The Federalist Paper PEOPLE Entertainment Weekly Parade Magazine 'Alt.political.correctness', The Internet newsgroup '1984', by George Orwell, 1948 'the closing of the American mind' by Allan Bloom, 1987 'the politically correct phrasebook' by Nigel Rees, 1993