International Journal of Engineering Research in Electronics and Communication Engineering

Political Correctness as a Monolingual Language in the Era of Multiculturalism

Author : Dr. Sara Zamir ¹

Date of Publication :20th April 2018

Abstract: Political correctness may be defined as what is correct and appropriate to include in oral or written public verbal formulations. Thereof, it may create, allegedly, a monolingual language in multicultural societies. The aim of this paper is to expose the ambivalence of the Israeli education system toward political correctness in the era of multiculturalism. On one hand, there is seemingly nothing more respectful than simply adopting political correctness as it is in our education system: the idea that language shapes reality, and eventually may directly affect changes in our discourse and indirectly exert a positive influence on rectifying social injustices towards social sectors, suits the ideals of the educational process. But on the other hand, educationists have raised some serious objections against the idea of political correctness, seeing it as hypocrisy and a way of ignoring the multicultural reality

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