Cultural Diversity is a required course. Now, I'm not a youngster and I have difficulty sometimes with "Political Correctness", or "PC". Most of the time it seems like "BS". I expected this class to be all about PC. I know this stuff is important to some, but to me it just seems silly. I feel as if I'm expected to ask my neighbor each morning how he/she/it/they prefer to be addressed. I prefer to think of us as Americans. Altering that designation in any way, seems to me, to be ... well... unAmerican. American's have a heritage and customs relating to where their ancestors came from, but ... we're Americans. Let's stress what we have in common.
Back to the class. I enjoyed it. It was less about PC than culture and history. I've found new interests. I've even found a calling to become an activist. My consciousness has been raised.
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