April 2014 PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY REPORT
The prevailing environment on most college campuses is what
is called Political Correctness -- in faculty bias, course content, visiting
speakers, and organizations and events funded by student fees. Here are the
principal tenets of the campus dogma known as Political Correctness:
Everything is political. All
academic subjects must be seen through the prism of gender and race oppression,
including history, literature, social relationships, and even private
conversation. Most students encounter this immediately in their freshman
English class. The writings of the DWEMs (Dead White European Males) have been
censored out and replaced with Oppression Studies: writings by third-rate authors
who whine about America’s oppressive society.
Victimology. Every group is entitled
to claim minority status as victims except white males and Christians.
Multiculturalism. That’s a code word
for the false notion that Western Civilization is bad and every other group,
whether civilized or not, is superior.
Radical feminism. The entire world
must be seen as one big conspiracy against women, and all men are guilty, both
individually and as a group. Joking about this doctrine is not permitted;
several colleges have even banned jokes. At Arizona State University, drama
professor Jared Sakren was fired for producing Shakespeare’s Taming of the
Shrew; Shakespeare is not Politically Correct.
Affirmative action. Reverse
discrimination in admissions, grading, and employment for groups that proclaim
their status as "victims" is not only mandatory, it is non-debatable.
Having sex with anybody, anytime, is OK
and may not be criticized. Dating is out; "hooking up" is in. The
social acceptance of pre-marital and homosexual sex and activism is
non-debatable.
Tolerance. That’s a code word
meaning tolerance for Politically Correct views, but not for the Politically
Incorrect. Tolerance requires conformity to P.C. views, and hundreds of
colleges have speech codes.
Christianity is Politically Incorrect.
In some colleges, students are not permitted to turn in papers that identify
historic dates as B.C. (Before Christ) or A.D. (Anno Domini), but must use
B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era)
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