# Politically Correct Language to Describe People is 70% Stupid.

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 31, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politically-correct-language-to-describe-people-is-70-stupid/431821 "2007-12-31T17:32:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![mks57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@mks57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mks57)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politically-correct-language-to-describe-people-is-70-stupid/431821/121 "2008-01-03T19:17:36Z")

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While recently filling out a form that asked for race, I decided to be a wise-ass and put down “Caucasoid”. That also seemed to be the most scientific answer to a question that often has little to do with science or logic.

In Yiddish, black is shvarts, resulting in schvartze as a term for a black person, often considered to be offensive. Another word tainted by the way many people used it.

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