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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would an article detailing the exact same thing from the New York Times be more legit? Pc culture is absolute nonsense.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/31/us/cultural-appropriation-halloween-costumes.html?smid=tw-share&referer=https://t.co/Q4bWszND3O[/quote]

Yes, an article from the New York Times is more legit.

What does this article say? It says that lots of people are worrying about cultural appropriation. If you don't want to worry about cultural appropriation -- good news! you don't have to! If you want to go in blackface as Kanye West, go right ahead. There will be people who are upset about this, but you don't need to worry about their opinions, because you already know that "PC culture" is nonsense.[/quote]

OP here. Who cares which paper it's in? It's not a matter of worrying; it's the fact that so many busybodies thrive on telling others how to live and careers and reputations can be ruined over perceived slights. And the fact that there are countless well paid college administrators being paid to micromanage and police what consenting adults do outside the classroom on their own time. Is this kind of coddling *really* preparing students for the real world? There's a fine line between colleges teaching youth how to be good citizens and the crap we have here where people are all but told what to think.

We're heading down a slippery slope as far as free speech and the nature of "tolerance" in America and the West. Who would have imagined 20-30 years ago that people could make a career out of being offended for other people and printing out leaflets about "appropriate" attire at off campus house parties?

Just some food for thought next time you write Larla's tuition check or bitch about the ballooning coast of education....cause of useless staff like these people at Wesleyan and SUNY.[/quote]

So actually, yes, it is good preparation for the real world. [b]Or certainly the professional world. Where diversity and inclusiveness are real, actual values[/b].[/quote]

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