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Article: Evaluating political correctness: anecdotes vs research
- Article from:
- Canadian Psychology
- Article date:
- November 1, 1997
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CopyrightCopyright Canadian Psychological Association Nov 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Abstract
"Political correctness", by being linked with anecdotal accounts of some extreme: incidents, has become an epithet which is used by conservatives to discredit left-liberal policies, while conservative measures, which themselves endanger some of the most valuable academic traditions, are presented as economically necessary and inevitable. An even-handed evaluation of political influences on universities must abandon the anecdotal for a comprehensive examination of file overall positive and negative influences of all policies, regardless of their political colouration. Left-liberal and conservative policies are examined and compared in the contexts of women's studies, group ...