The myth of political correctness : the conservative attack on higher education / John K. Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, John K., 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Political correctness--United States.

Political correctness.

Conservatism--United States.

Conservatism.

Education, Humanistic--United States.

Education, Humanistic.

Multicultural education--United States.

Multicultural education.

Discrimination in higher education--United States.

Discrimination in higher education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The classics of Western culture are out, not being taught, replaced by second-rate and Third World texts. White males are a victimized minority on campuses across the country, thanks to affirmative action. Speech codes have silenced anyone who won’t toe the liberal line. Feminists, wielding their brand of sexual correctness, have taken over. These are among the prevalent myths about higher education that John K. Wilson explodes.The phrase "political correctness" is on everyone’s lips, on radio and television, and in newspapers and magazines. The phenomenon itself, however, has been deceptively described. Wilson steps into the nation’s favorite cultural fray to reveal that many of the most widely publicized anecdotes about PC are in fact more myth than reality. Based on his own experience as a student and in-depth research, he shows what’s really going on beneath the hysteria and alarmism about political correctness and finds that the most disturbing examples of thought policing on campus have come from the right. The image of the college campus as a gulag of left-wing totalitarianism is false, argues Wilson, created largely through the exaggeration of deceptive stories by conservatives who hypocritically seek to silence their political opponents.Many of today’s most controversial topics are here: multiculturalism, reverse discrimination, speech codes, date rape, and sexual harassment. So are the well-recognized protagonists in the debate: Dinesh D’Souza, William Bennett, and Lynne Cheney, among others. In lively fashion and in meticulous detail, Wilson compares fact to fiction and lays one myth after another to rest, revealing the double standard that allows "conservative correctness" on college campuses to go unchallenged.

Contents:

1. The Myth of Political Correctness

2. Conservative Correctness

3. The Cult of Western Culture

4. The Myth of Speech Codes

5. The Myth of Sexual Correctness

6. The Myth of Reverse Discrimination

Conclusion: Beyond Political Correctness

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-196) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822378570

0822378574

OCLC:

603994737