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Political Correctness

Political correctness aims to avoid language that marginalizes or offends disadvantaged groups. It originated among communists in the 1930s to emphasize party interests over reality. According to the text, examples of political correctness include referring to poor people as "population in vulnerability conditions" in Colombia and banning Santa Clauses from saying "Ho Ho Ho" in Australia due to concerns it could frighten children or be derogatory to women. Political correctness seeks to promote respect for all people and equal treatment regardless of personal characteristics.

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Political Correctness

Political correctness aims to avoid language that marginalizes or offends disadvantaged groups. It originated among communists in the 1930s to emphasize party interests over reality. According to the text, examples of political correctness include referring to poor people as "population in vulnerability conditions" in Colombia and banning Santa Clauses from saying "Ho Ho Ho" in Australia due to concerns it could frighten children or be derogatory to women. Political correctness seeks to promote respect for all people and equal treatment regardless of personal characteristics.

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Hello, today I’m going to talk about political correctness

Political correctness is the avoidance of forms of expression or action that are perceived to
exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or
discriminated against. So, when we talk about people with some limitation, we must find
the way to name them without being offensive.
Marginalize is to relegate to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or
group.
According to Codevilla, a professor of international relations in Boston’s university, the
notion of political correctness came among communists in the 1930s as a semi-humorous
reminder that the party’s interest is to be treated as reality that ranks above reality itself.
A communist person is a person that believe in a classless society with widespread
economic, social and political equality. 
In 2007, Santa Clauses in Sydney, Australia, were banned from saying 'Ho Ho Ho'. Their
employer, the recruitment firm Westaff (that supplies hundreds of Santas across Australia),
allegedly told all trainees that 'ho ho ho' could frighten children, and be derogatory to
women, because 'Ho Ho Ho' is too close to the American slang for prostitute. 
An example in Colombia is how we must call poor people, now the politically correct name
for poor people is population in vulnerability conditions. Political correctness say us that we
must respect all the groups of people and we have to give all groups of people the same
conditions, no matter their characteristics.

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