Why Is It Important To Be Politically Correct

How Important Is It To Be Politically Correct? Political Correctness has been growing more and more over the recent years. However, it has been considered for a long period of time. For example, in the 1800's, a "Politically Correct" movement was put in place for an anti-slavery reason. Although many people might not reckon this as an important thing to consider, I think there is a reason why this has been dealt with for hundreds of years. Political Correctness not only stops things such as racism and sexism, but it also bring out many advantageous factors. Glenn Maloney, a dean working at the University of Texas said, "Multiculturalism will be the key word for education. I believe that will be the mission of the university in the 90's." I believe that political correctness helps multiculturalism in our society, especially in places such schools and universities. A lot of cultural stereotypes and misinformation results from many racial words and comments.
Therefore, political correctness also helps education in our society, since multiculturalism helps us work with people from all over the world without having any stereotypical misinformation. Another dean, who works at the University of Wisconsin also states that she thinks political correctness helps "a basic transformation of American higher education in the name of multiculturalism and diversity." Even though there are a lot of advantageous for political correctness, there is also a negative part to it.
This is because everyone has a different way of considering what is politically correct and what is not. A comment or word which might be very offensive to a person may not be even considered to be insulting at all to another. This leads to arguments, and it is really hard to choose what kinds of things they should get rid of in educational literature, since there is not a specific person who draws a line in which is politically correct or wrong. An example of this is Shakespeare. To many people, Shakespeare is considered to be the best playwrights ever, and is very educational to read. However, there are many others who believe that he was very sexist and racist. Thus, is Shakespeare's literature politically correct or wrong? If so, are schools and universities supposed to get rid of his plays in their textbooks? In this case, I struggle to believe that political correctness is that
important. Despite the negative factors political correctness could bring about, I still think that it helps a lot in the society we live now. Anything that would offend someone should not be used in our everyday lives. If everyone considers this, we would all be able to work together much better. I believe that one way to get rid of sexism and racism is by becoming "politically correct".