# What's the point of political correctness?

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**Created:** [September 3, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-political-correctness/919689 "2020-09-03T08:23:54Z")\
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Here’s an example. I wouldn’t have called anything ‘ethnic’ because that’s not really a thing in the UK, but I didn’t know what the (politically) correct term for afro-textured hair was. So maybe I would try and guess a descriptor, or risk using a name that might get me frowned on, or maybe I would avoid discussing it at all.

This is a particularly trivial example, true. But I feel like this kind of worrying about offending people adds up and makes me act less natural and comfortable around whatever minorities are the subject of it. And I don’t like that, and I think it’s the opposite of a good outcome. You can tell me I shouldn’t feel this way, but I do, and I know other people do too.

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