A radical perspective on " political correctness"

Yesterday I once again read in the newspaper the tired drivel : to be

    WHITE in this society is to be RACIST - even if you do not know it or do

    not practice racism. To be a young or middle aged white in general is to be

    an oppressor of racial minorities, the whole third world, an economic

    exploiter of the rest of the world. If you are white, American male your

    in the world is particularly odious: you are also a sexist exploiter of

    the opposite sex everywhere- and most likely a violent homophobe!

      ( " your ROLE in the world " )

       This TIRED drivel has its roots in the pseudo-liberal academic elite.

    For some time " political correctness " has been a cunning cover up for

    their rather astonishing political retreat from the deeper and more

    courageous radicalism of their 60s era youth.

        Would their young radical conscience ever have had sympathy for mere

    BOURGEOIS ambition ? For phony black leaders who have made a career out of

    unmasking white racism where it is not a determining factor? For phony

    labor leaders who want MORE at the expense of the poorer workers? For

    phony ,scheming females who publicly sob over " glass ceilings" in the

    corporation ( ceilings ) ? The corporate female is no less ruthless in

    dealing with corporate " inferiors " than her male counterparts.

        Would the radical of the Sixties sympathize with the " ambitious fag "

    who like the ambitious female is burning for BOURGEOIS social status ?

       The radical CLASS PERSPECTIVE was very sensitive to the particular forms

    of oppression that people can suffer in a capitalist society. But it would

    have laughed at the " political correctness " phenomenon of past two

    decades.

         Everywhere today the so called intellectual class is in retreat. But

    the IDEA of SOCIALISM will survive these  cowardly souls. Let them organize

    a " politically correct " social revolution !

       Fidel Castro- whom I can STILL admire - says: " Socialism or Death ! "

     It MAY come to that some day. But for the present I say : " Socialism AND

    Life! ".