First Wave Of Political Correctness

When asked of their experience with the first wave of political correctness baby boomers such as Adrian* stated that “To be politically correct when I was attending university was to keep my eyes open and my mouth shut” in reference to the high tensions between right and left wing students. “I recall very clearly one morning in particular when I was registering at the administration building. A bus full of right wing students arrived at the university. and left wing students in the premises began throwing rocks at them”…“eventually the right wing students had to escorted by the police” .

The media at the time of his university career was almost completely bias against soviet Russia due to “American and European influence which angered left wing students ” causing them to self marginalize. He noted that while his peers were influencing each other, the media was influencing his peers in a “never-ending cycle”. Adrian reported, “people who were neutral to either party were suddenly swept up in
Adrian feels “uncomfortable ” expressing opposing opinions to those he is talking to in stark contrast to 73% of generation Z that feels comfortable expressing opinions opposed to that of the person they are speaking to . This relates to by definition of first wave political correctness in which what was PC was told and obeyed my the public with dire consequences if not followed. Generation Z may feel comfortable expressing an opinion opposed to that of the since political correctness to them “is just having an extra thing to be aware of in a conversation” rather than a set of rules. 76.6% of generation Z saw political correctness as a form of censorship however this was not an inherently bad thing as they stated, “some phrases and terms, etc. need to be politically correct to not offend ” this is still censorship but for the good of the greater