Anonymous

Recently I (an anonymous user here on the Crum Family's Blog) saw a list of currently acceptable 'politically correct' terms for everyday use. I say 'currently' accepted because this list seems to change every week or so adding a new term to the list of 'non-correct' terms or rendering one of the previously accepted modified terms now unacceptable.

Here's how it works. Christopher Columbus landed on a continent he believed to be Asia, thus he referred to the native people as 'Indians' (persons from India), though, he would have been better off calling them Chinese since there are more Chinamen on the Asian continent than Indians. Since then we (white people) have called the natives to this land 'Indians'. This is wrong. We should only call people what they want to be called.

So, wanting to know the truth behind this, I searched for 'Politically Correct Terms' and came up with this list:

Mentally Challenged instead of Retarded / Retard
Little person instead of Midget
Jewish Person instead of Jew
Native American instead of Indian
Inuit instead of Eskimo
Homeless Person instead of Bum

There is also the word niggardly" which means stingy or cheap. Although it is not considered offensive by definition, it sounds way to close to the racial slur for blacks. You should probably avoid using it.

Chink is another word th[a]t means a crack or chip. It is also a slur for a Chinese person. I'd avoid using it.

What? Jewish person instead of Jew? I didn't know Jew was derogatory! And we can't use words because they sound like a word that is offensive? What in the world! What about words and gestures that sound like/look like offensive gestures in other cultures? Aren't we supposed to be culturally sensitive? This is just ridiculous... we're going to politically-correct ourselves into slavery.

Well, I hope this video helps stem the tide: Enjoy!