It’s A PC World by Edward Stourton

Being a BBC presenter, Edward Stourton is not unfamiliar with the world of PC, and the danger that might come should he say the wrong things when on air. Unlike many books of this type, this is not a vitriolic attack on political correctness, indeed, what he’s written is extremely well balanced. He runs through many occasions where the politically correct aims can be dangerous, and counter-productive, but at heart he says:

“like the Siren voices which nearly distracted Odysseus from a true course as he sailed home from Troy, PC-ers have a genuinely appealing song to sing. PC may not be a properly formulated political programme, but it is, in the best sense of the term, a liberal dream, an expression of the conviction that the world can be a better place. At its heart lie very basic and simple aspirations - that we should not be insulted because of the colour of our skin, for example, or suffer discrimanation because we are disabled”

And that doesn’t seem too terrible does it?

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