|Political correctness | Term which denotes languages, ideas, policies, and behaviors seen as seeking to minimize |…
‘How has the director, Tate Taylor, used filmic techniques to convey prejudice in The Help?’…
1.1 Explain the importance of recognising the centrality of the individual rather than the disability.Words are critical in shaping ideas, perceptions and attitudes. They can be used to reinforce existing prejudices or to liberate people from stereotypes, prejudices and misconceptions. If anyone doubts the value of this or the potential for relatively rapid change, consider the distaste with which we all now view the word “nigger”. None of us would dream of using it. Yet only a generation or two ago it was an internationally acceptable and widely used term for the individual people of an entire ethnic group in the USA; not just in use orally, it also appeared in book titles. In more recent times the Australian word “abo” to describe an aboriginal or indigenous person is considered offensive by most people and is dropping out of use. The moral Language changes, and we are capable of giving it a nudge in the right direction - even if we run the risk of being considered “politically correct” by some people or sometimes require a few extra words to make our communication acceptable. In the context of disability, negative and patronising language produces, predictably, negative and patronising images and attitudes. Words in popular use mirror attitudes in society and by changing the words we can begin to change those attitudes. Those attitudes are often the most difficult barriers…
The Bill of Rights, Amendment I states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances” (Bill of Rights). These rights were basically protecting what people say, and write, however, we are slowly loosing those rights. We have to worry now about offending someone because of our language, or saying something that is considered politically incorrect. A quote that has made a big difference in my perception when dealing with people is “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”. (Lydgate) As I grow older, I see this to be so true. If you look around, you see people being offended more and more. When you please one group, then another group will be offended. There is no way to please everyone, even with claiming terms are politically correct/incorrect. We are in a vicious cycle of using a word in the proper context, it being misused, being changed to a politically correct word, then the word being misused again.…
Popular media in our society exposes what we have collectively decided is passable behavior. If it can be published in Hollywood without the backlash of its audience, then it’s socially exceptable. In the case of such movies as Tropic Thunder, as observed by author Patricia E Bauer, while those unaffected by the movie’s harsh language may not care, it shouldn’t be so easy to dismiss those that were. The apathy in regards to the mentally disabled is a testament to a past of fear and lack of understanding towards them. Though the taboo behind the word is recognizable to us at this point, to many it’s still ok to use as long as they “didn’t mean it like that”. Bauer doesn’t have an issue with the word in its intended form. It’s the twisted use…
Jackson, Mississippi is widely known as one of the most racist areas in America. The Help, directed by Tate Taylor, is set in 1964 Jackson, Mississippi and is based on the segregation and racism towards the African American maids in America. An idea in The Help that I thought was interesting was racism. I thought this was interesting because of how different it is to today’s society with the laws against racial discrimination. Taylor portrayed the idea of racism through the use of film techniques and dialogue.…
He states that political correctness doesn’t just harm individuals as they can be harassed and persecuted for what they way, but he says that it has broader consequences on the cultural mindset. Other reasons include, “Declining educational standards, increasing secularism, the police not being allowed to do their job, and inability to secure her [America’s] borders, a diminished America in the world theatre and reluctance to smash the evil of currently rampaging Islamism— all of it is rooted in politically-correct ideology.” These ideas are some of the reasons behind the author’s…
Imagine a young boy with autism who struggles to interact socially. Other children consider him unintelligent, and they have no trouble making him aware of their opinions. They call him names like retarded, dumb, and ignorant, but he cannot change the condition he has, so he withstands the insults. Even though the other children never strike him with their fists, the harsh words they use are just as intense. Politically incorrect terms, like “retarded,” that are used to hurt others are degrading, impudent, and should not be used.…
Political Correctness, by definition, is the avoidance of forms of expression or action that potentially could be perceived as insulting. Political Correctness goes hand in hand with something social media names as “trigger warnings,” which is something a post, picture, website, ect. is tagged with when it could be upsetting to someone who has struggled with the content written about. In theory, Political Correctness and trigger warnings are a very good idea. They avoid terms that are impolite or unkind, such as the n-word, and ideas or concepts that could possible cause someone mental trauma, such as discussing rape or self-harm graphically. The way Americans are using these things, though, could be described as potentially harmful to the…
Well political correctness is all your opinion- not his or not hers nor the guy down the street. Just your opinion. When researching about political correctness the results concluded to be very odd. There are no facts about political correctness. And all those quotes were telling you what has happened and they are the different point of views of others in the world. Some people actually did something about the rise in political correctness, but some people took a “call to action” way. You don't always have you be highly known to have people listen to you, but in Obama`s speech about Trump, he…
At one time or another people may experience unfair treatment in the workplace due to differences that include but are not limited to age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race or spiritual practices. Fortunately, there are federal and state legislation and risk management strategies in place that not only offers support for fair workplace practices but also reinforces responsibilities of human resource managers.…
This paper covers white privilege as well as the systematic racism leading to the death of two people. It also connects an online article by Warren J. Blumenfeld to the book written by Rebecca Skloot. Both have a central theme of white privilege and racism, but Blumenfeld appears to believe that racism and white privilege feed off of each other while Skloot simply reports examples of past instances of racism that still have an impact today.…
People sometimes tell others something that they say is not politically correct and it offends them, but then they refuse to explain what is so terrible and offensive about what the person just said. It is to a point where people seem to be offended by everything. Being too politically correct is hindering societies’ ability to rationally solve problems.…
Racism has always been around, Many people believe it's not an issue, that’s it part of life that being racist is normal but in many people's mind they address it as knowing the different between class levels, let's be honest that’s incredibly stupid. Many people accuse Americans of being the main source of racism but what about others being racist to Americans. We tend to categorize people for what others have done here are many examples.…
I believe racism in America today can abolished. Why? Because racism is like a virus. A contagious anger exists within portions of our country. We don’t have a sterilizing cure for it yet so we cannot eradicate it at this time. So that is where we are stuck today, we are merely treating the symptoms of a racial stalemate.…