PC/PI, people of color, 'white'.

[Drew Danielson]

Lynne Murphy wrote:
>
> History of 'PC' was well-discussed on the Linguist List, some while back.
> You can get to a relevant bit of the archive through:
>
> http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/linguist/issues/7/7-862.html
>


Also on linguist list in '94:
http://164.76.102.59/issues/5/5-1230.html.

The folk etymology that I am familiar with from my undergrad days of the
late 80s is that "politically correct" was first used as a pejorative by
writers in magazines like "National Review" in the early 80s.