Political correctness doesn’t equal anti-racism

The following was originally posted in 2015 on my old blog, which itself now exists purely for archival purposes. While written at a time when I was much further to the left on the political spectrum, I continue to stand by what I said then, regardless of what some of my vocabulary choices may (or may not) have betrayed about my 2015 political leanings.

I am reposting it here and now in response to what I see (in general) as the difference in reaction to gun violence according to the race of the victims. Specifically, the apparent media and…