[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

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Given that many studies have shown that in general, the younger generations are a lot less racist, bigoted, xenophobic and misogynistic than the large numbers of old white folks, who will be dying out in coming years...there's still hope for this country.

Having recently retired after decades teaching college students, I believe you are definitely right that they are less racist or misogynistic or homophobic than their parents or grandparents. (They’ve been trained well in grade school.) However, many of them are very bigoted against people they consider racist or homophobic or whatever (whether they are or not). You have to follow their Politically Correct Party Line exactly or risk their hatred and attempt to get you fired. They will on occasion march, shout, and destroy property to keep you from sharing a different viewpoint. Their own viewpoint may be shared by very few, yet everyone else has to do it their way.

For example, some students get upset if people say “Latino” or “Latina” instead of “Latin-X”. Yet Latin-X is preferred by less than 5% of Hispanics. Or they get upset if I say “American Indian” instead of “Native American.” Then I explain that the “Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian” is called that because a big majority of American Indians who were polled prefer to be called American Indians and wanted the museum called that. Me? I switch back and forth and try to educate the students.