I see "PC" pretty much the way you do, which may seem surprising given that I style myself a conservative. Not sure what "alleged unjust discrimination" means, though.
Maybe it means that the individual person did not discriminate, even though he belongs to a group which historically did discriminate, or that the individual person was not discriminated against, even though he belongs to a group which historically was discriminated against.
Because all of the examples of so-called PC I can think of involve groups who actually did suffer discrimination.
Thursday night I went to a Christmas party for the Virginia Women Attorney's Association, a group I belong to and enjoy getting together with. Actually, I can't remember if the invitation actually said "Christmas" party, I tossed it after I called in my RSVP. It's held at the same place every year, in honor of the new judges that were appointed to the five local county benches and federal bench in the past year.
The judges always come because we put on a great feed and open bar, and so do people who are angling for future judgeships, and want the VWAA endorsement, without which the General Assembly will not put them on the bench. So saith the members of the General Assembly who matter in the process. Who, by the way, always come to our parties.
I think it's a shame that an organization like the VWAA is necessary to help women get on the bench and vet men and women for how they treat lawyers, especially women lawyers, before they are appointed to the bench, but every woman who has been appointed to the local benches (except for one) was pushed by the VWAA, and the one woman who wasn't pushed was at least endorsed.
The local organization has not been very active for the past few years, and during that time, no woman was appointed to the local bench, only white men, so we're getting active again. |
