“What I think the political correctness debate is really abou…”

“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

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Title: Wikiquote: Toni Morrison
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As quoted in the New York Times Magazine (11 September 1994).

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Morrison, Toni. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Toni Morrison. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison

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