Little bit of threadcreep, here:

For an interesting and sometimes heated debate on PC, please see this thread.

We all came to the conclusion that the term has been co-opted and decided ethically conscious better described what we really meant. I just recently had an op/ed piece published on the new term.

Also, Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center is working on changing how we refer to one another based on ethnic background. Instead of African American, he says American of African descent and likewise for others. The NYTimes refused to print an editorial of his which proposed this change in our language.

katlughing