Dear Mr. Wei,

It would take a disquisition as long as John M. Ellis's
"Literature Lost: Social Agendas and the Corruption of the Humanities"
(Yale University Press, 1997) to educate you on American PC, so I
suggest you take time off from the Pound list to read it.

==DP

At 07:07 AM 8/6/00 GMT, you wrote:
>Dan P. wrote:
>
><<I do not know your cultural background, Wei, but if you are not familiar
>with the moralistic and political totalizing effects of the Political
>Correctness atmosphere in present-day America, then nothing can help.>>
>
>==Dan P>>
>
>Putting my cultural background to the side for the moment, I should say that
>during the last twenty years of my life, about two thirds of that time has
>been spent teaching and studying in educational institutions in the US.  I
>have encountered the term "political correctness"  many times before, and
>have read numerous articles about so-called "PC" in newspapers, magazines,
>and journals.  But I have yet to find that any two people have a similar
>definition or close understanding of the term.  This is why I ask you the
>question.  I was hoping you would provide your own example, in addition to
>your previous definition of PC [  the  "   . . . downgrade of all elites in
>favor of the always-oppressed little guy of every stripe and color."  ]
>
>Above you refer to the "the moralistic and political totalizing effects of
>the Political Correctness," an interesting phrase, which I think, presumes
>agreement with an unstated premise.
>

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