
On July 21 2016, Donald Trump make a important speech at the Republican National Convention. In his speech, Trump listed many problems included national security, poverty and criminal existed in American society , and he He sums up the culprit of these problems to a term - political correctness. “I will present the facts plainly and honestly. We cannot afford to be so politically correct anymore.” This sentence became his famous quote ran through his whole campaign. Despite the siege and satire of the mainstream media in the United States, he still defeated the Democratic candidate Hillary Hill with the great advantage and became the 45th president of the United States. So why political correctness, this seemingly vague concept, aroused the sympathy of a large number of voters. In my opinion, behind the scene, is nowadays people are so sick of dogma which US political correctness brought in this society.

In modern history, politically correctness labels are generally found in communist countries that regard cultural Marxism as the core idea such as USSR and China. Referring to the political correctness of the modern history of the movement, people's first impression is often like the Stalin’s Great Purge in Soviet Union and the Chinese Cultural Revolution directed by Mao Zedong. Moira Weigel, a a writer and academic, in her article “Political correctness: how the right invented a phantom enemy” which published on Wednesday 30 November 2016 in Guardian.com. In this article, she said that “If you go looking for the origins of the phrase, it becomes clear that there is no neat history of political correctness (in western Countries)...most Americans had never heard the phrase “politically correct” before 1990,” This information has proved that On the basis of politics, compared with one - party dictatorship of the communist system that existed in Communism countries, the United States has no political and ideological ideas and demands that are consistent with a political party or an ideology. In fact, the debate on political correctness in US lies mainly in the level of social issues such as racial, gender, sexual orientation, and multiculturalism. It purpose is to promote the use of right term of words and the implementation of some political measures to avoid offending and discriminating against vulnerable groups in society, eliminating social conflicts and creating a more tolerant social environment. However, such a seemingly beautiful ideology, has been resisted by today's society. In my opinion, the reason is nowadays, the political correctness of the United States is gradually , it is becoming an invisible spiritual yoke, silence the people’s voice and covering social problems.

 At the moment, the most things that people argue about political correctness is freedom of speech. One and half years ago, I made a presentation about “The commercial value of artificial eyeball” in EAP class, When I opened my mouth and said“Hi, guys....”, the teacher interrupted me and told me that there are female student in this class, I should switch to “Hi, everyone...”. In my speech, she also told me to switch “blind people” into “ visually impaired people” and describe them with “physically challenged” not “handicap”. This is the first time I experienced how political correctness influenced US society. According to a study from education web “MY-organization”, the year 2015 statistical Report from Foundation For Individual Rights Education (FIRE) illustrated that 54% of public universities and 59% of private universities imposed political correctness speech codes on their students. Moreover, the recent 2016 guild line promoted by Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), those universities in red lights ( the school which still not pass the access system of FIRE ) should pass the access in the following years. It means in the coming future, 100% of colleges may adopt speech codes. Under this circumstance, In order to help students understanding inclusive language and prevent offended speaking against others on campus, more and more universities in US established the policy and programs such as Speech Code, Trigger warning and diversity training to standardize student language. Seemingly, this is a good phenomenon on campus. Eliminate the inclusive language does help students lived in a tolerant and harmonious environment, which increase their cooperation on academic research ,learn how to treat people equality and respect each other. However, there comes other question - does these initiatives really necessary? Jessica Chasmar - a reporter from Washington Times, in her article of “War on words: University of Michigan spends $16K on ‘Inclusive Language Campaign’” which published on Feb 9 2015, it said that the University of Michigan has launched a $16,000 campaign aimed at teaching students that certain words are considered offensive and should not be used on campus. In the list of Inclusive Language Campaign, such words like “crazy”, “insane”, “retarded” or even statements like“I want to die”and“that test raped me”are reportedly deemed unacceptable. The first time I read about this article, I try for almost 10 minutes to find a words to express my feeling cause I can’t not use “crazy”, “insane” or even “I want to die”. The best way I can do to evaluate this article is if put this ILC list as a test, it is no doubt that I am gonna get a “F”. Talking about test, Steven Crowder - a Canadian-American conservative political commentator, actor, and comedian. He does make an actual interview test on University of Michigan campus in Feb 18 2015. In this 6 minutes video of “ Students Condemn Free Speech On Video” post on his You-tube channel, he randomly select four students and one professor as his objects. The result is shocking, although every interviewers indicated that they understanding and support the ILC on campus, but no body actually agreed on what was truly offensive. Moreover, some of them doesn’t even heard of those words such as “raghead” and “ghetto”. So why this ILC, waste $16000 on University of Michigan, caused a ridiculous result like that. In my opinion, this so called political correctness movement on campus is overhead. Everyone has their own offended part. For instance, a person with a history of drug addiction, when people talk about drug or even call him“addict”, he will feel uncomfortable because this seduces his painful memories. But does it offended those people who don’t have that drug problems? No, cause they don’t have any bad feeling. With thousands year of social development, people already make a invisible rule in their language circumstance - that is don’t use offended language to hurt other people’s feeling. But this is just a rule, not a dogma. The function of speech codes, trigger warning and diversity training are suppose to be teach people and make them understand and identify those sensitive problems such as discrimination, violent and conflict, but not make a list of inclusive language to block people’s speech and silence their voice. Just like the words “crazy” and “insane” which I mentioned above, most people are already accustomed to use these words to express the surprise and shock things they experienced, if the university block these words because it may offended a small group of people, have they realized it is a reverse discrimination against others? 

In fact, the things happened in University of Michigan is not a accidental event. Nowadays in US, this political correctness has become a perfect system including law, guild line, social media propaganda and punishment that rooted in the campus and spread into society. Anyone who whether intentionally or without intention to offend others will face severe punishment. In May 2011, a USLA student who name is Alexandra Wallace has post a video called “Asians in the library” on YouTube, in this 3 minutes video, she lists the bad behavior of Asian students did in the library such as eating food and talking loud when use their cellphone. However, people’s focus of attention is that she imitates the call and said “ching chong”. Inspire she made it clear in the video that she was not a supporter of political correctness, with following delete this video and make apology on the school newspaper. Faced with high pressure from society including several death threats, she still had to leave school and end up her education. (dailybruin.com, March/18 2015) In same years, December 14 2011, a news from NBC indicated that Chick-fl-A cashier fired for racist receipts mocking Asians. Clearly, this guy is just try to make a stupid joke by print “Ching Chong” on the customer receipt. However, without even a process, the manager immediately fired this guy after the customer report to him. Whatever Alexandra Wallace or that cashier in Chick-fl-A, I believe both of them doesn’t even know what “Ching Chong” means. Until now, by checking the resource on the internet, there still a large conflict that whether “Ching Chong” is racist or not, cause it isn’t like “Chink” or “Oriental” which has history background. So when the Asian singer Nigahiga use “Ching Chong” to rearrange Rap song “Fox say” and even there is Asian food market called “88 oriental”in Columbia, have we consider that it is overhead reaction about “Ching Chong” is an offend word against Asian? Moreover, those harsh punishment won’t even help them be aware of their mistake but increase their bias against Asians. Without leave school, Alexandra Wallace may finish her education and have a good job to build a happy family. Without get fired, that cashier may have a stable income and have money to carry on his life. However, now they both branded on the mark of “racist” and live with it in their rest of life. It is obviously make them put their fury on Asians, they will never change their stereotype. Generally speaking, the political correctness speech codes is just a framework. The things inside of this framework is not fix, but is variable. To achieve tolerance and harmony social environment, we shouldn’t use such cumbersome discipline and harsh punishment to constraint people’s language and behavior. This simple and crude way not only can not eliminate offending, but to reduce the communication between people and increase the misunderstanding and obstacle between each other. And that is the one important reason why people hate PC so much these days: The freedom of speech has been threatened by PC. Too much dogma, too much discipline and too heavy punishment, it was out of control bureaucracy imposing limits on speech. Under this distortion circumstance, nobody willing to speak or express their thinking cause you don’t know which word gonna make you get into trouble. 

However, is this limitation of freedom speech be the worst thing that brought to your life. Just when you think that it can not get any worse. PC has prove that you are wrong. Nowadays, the political correctness has become a tool that penetration in everywhere of this society. It has become a certain group of people who use this PC as a tool to cover the social problem and obtain their profit. On campus, the ‘Disinvitation Season’ created by FIRE has become an excellent chance for those students or people fired or dis-invited those who has divergence opinions against them. According to the report from CNN news in Feb 2 2017, Milo Yiannopoulos - a British media personality associated with the political alt-right and a former senior editor for Breitbart News, has to cancel his speech in Berkeley due to the student’s violent demonstrations against his support on Present Trump. The university claimed that this events cause over $100,000 damage on campus. Same things also happened on Rutgers University dis-invited Condoleezza Rice in May 3, 2014. This targeted “silence” does make a small group of people feel comfortable. But if there is only same voice spread on campus, how does it help students learning different thoughts and improve their divergent thinking. Back to US society, nowadays, America has faced a serious problem - that is the gap between rich and poor is become more serious every day. According to a statistic research from Kairos center, In 2016, The official poverty rate is 14.5%, meaning 45.3 million people in the US live in poverty, up by over 8 million since 2008. An additional 97.3 million (33%) of people living in the United States are low-income, defined as incomes below twice the federal poverty line ($23,836). In those poverty population, African Americans are incarcerated at a rate more than three times their 13.2% share of the overall population. If current trends continue, 1 in 3 black men born in 2001 will go to jail or prison at some point in his lifetime. However, Under the circumstance of PC, except not using N words, people also not allowed in talking the high poverty, high unemployment and high criminal level. If you try to speak those issue in the public, they will consider that you make discrimination against African American group. However, does not speaking those issue gonna solve the real social problems？Just like Trump said in his speech of Republican Party in June 2016: “You are not gonna solved the problem unless you are willing to talk about what the problem is.” In my opinion, those 1% of population who control 43% of social wealth, these people doesn’t want to solve the problem. They knew that talk about poverty issue, criminal issue will not only make them loss of their own interests, but also cause social hatred of mentality. Besides, just like I mentioned above, those issues are those poverty people’s offend part. So, if not talk about those issues and leave it on side, everyone win. In trump’s anti political correctness policy, people only through the mainstream media which control by those1% population to judge how hard Trump treat illegal immigrants and built wall to block the edge between US and Mexican. What they can not see is Trump knows that this PC is just a trap to blind people’s eyes. The greatest impetus to promote social equality is not the promotion of racial equality and multiculturalism by language which PC does, but the equality of social wealth and status. That is the reason why he blocked illegal immigrants moved in US and recall the manufacturing back to US. These policy are the worst things that elite class want to see cause not just company cost will increase such as labor and tax. It also equal to take out their money and donated to those poverty people. However, if the society still not solve those poverty issues, sooner or later, those recently PC language such as African American and Latin American will become another discrimination word just like Black and Wetback. 

Trump elected by the President of the United States is not just a consequence. It forced us to rethink a big problem in US - the PC is far overhead the way it should be. As the summary of this research paper, I am post my personal view - a tree will die if it lost its root. Just like a tree, campus - the place which cultivate the future mainstream of this society, those students are in the age of mold-able. Speech code, trigger warning, diversity training...grow up and study under this environment and let them not believe freedom of speech, not talking about so called sensitive questions, not even educate them about how things goes around in this world but just through the PC to judge them. Then what about our society become in the future. If we don’t want this things happened, we should just give them freedom and democracy to build their own tolerant and harmonious society. 
