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Article: Critics of PC decry 'top 10 abuses' of '08; Political correctness 'worse every year'.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- December 15, 2008
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Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The hallowed halls of academia are ivy-covered and perhaps hamstrung with political correctness - some more pronounced than others.
It's extreme PC that interests the Young America's Foundation, which is revealing its picks for The PC Campus: Top 10 Abuses of 2008 Monday.
The roster includes a Claremont, Calif., elementary school that barred students from dressing up like Pilgrims and Indians during a Thanksgiving program to avoid racial stereotypes. Then there's Florida Gulf Coast University, which did away with all Christmas activities in favor of an ugly-holiday-sweater competition. And West ...