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What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the power to name. And the defined are now taking that power away from them.

Toni Morrison
Thinking, Power, Names
"CHLOE WOFFORD Talks About TONI MORRISON". Interview with Claudia Dreifus, www.nytimes.com. September 11, 1994.
What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the power to name. And the defined are now taking that power away from them.