Recent conversations, and well-publicized thinkpieces, about college campuses have criticized young people’s political correctness, calling it over-sensitivity and an inability to deal with the real world. But there is another interpretation. For Millennials, political correctness is a way to avoid hurt-feelings, and “a way of life.” According to Neil Howe, “Their crusades for emotional security in the classroom are a symptom of the much bigger movement underway to push the culture at large in a kinder, gentler direction.” Sorry Xers. (Forbes)
