Following is a video game. Well, not technically a video game like Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto. You can play the game using the video if you have a friend with you. You don’t have to pause to play the game. You can watch the video by yourself because you actually play the game everyday. You may or may not be aware that you are playing the game. If you are aware, I’ll bet you don’t like it, but you play it anyway. You have to.
Don’t skip the video. Watch it and then continue reading.
The Two-Minute Game that reveals How People Perceive You
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That’s right, the game of Political Correctness. The object of the game is for one side to paralyze the minds of the other side in order to win, well, everything.
And aren’t we in the throes of a championship match as we speak? Good luck.
Thank goodness I didn’t grow up in the age of political correctness. I mean, I’m not very politically correct. This post is quite timely, Pat_S. Just this evening, my son came to me and told me that he talked to our new neighbors while he was out walking Gigi (our doggie). Now, we have black neighbors to our left and white neighbors to our right. We have white neighbors directly across the street, with white and black neighbors on each side of them. Ok, the new neighbors who just moved in 2 doors down from us are Asian, and my son described them as Asians. He then said, I don’t know if I should call them Asian because I don’t wanna sound racist. I about fell over! I thought, thank you Lord for this teachable moment. I calmly said to him, well, how else would you describe them? He said, well, I don’t know if they’re Chinese or Japanese or Korean or what, I just know they look Asian and have an Asian accent. I told him he was correct to describe them “as he saw them”. That’s not racist, it’s called common sense, and the lesson in political correctness began. I know he sometimes hates to get into these “deep” discussions with Mom, but who cares. That’s my job. 🙂
Very interesting post, Pat_S!
Maybe this is a reality being kept afloat for some reason by our public school system.