The Word Police 3.4.2017

          Michiko Kakutani's article "The Word Police" is about the use of politically correct language. Political correctness is using neutral words that include all humankind. The world does not just consist of one type race and one gender, but it includes all kinds of people. According to Kakutani, the political correctness "police" are advocating for a reform in the English language, so it wouldn't be sexist or racist. The most common example used as an argument is gender-oriented words. For example, the waiter or waitress both indicate a gender. The P.C. police argue that instead of this gender based word, we should use waitron or waitperson to avoid addressing gender. Throughout the entire article, Kakutani uses the viewpoint of those who want a reform in the language to explain how words that are not neutral put a label on a person. However, Kakutani himself does not really agree with the movement and somewhat undermines it with his verbal irony.