Guante on Being “PC” (It’s Really About Not Being a Jackass)
This video by slam poet Guante nails it as he speaks to those who might think being “un-PC” is being edgy. News-flash: using sexist, racist, ableist or homophobic language is really just being a lazy, mainstream jackass.
“Class, using inclusive language is not that hard.”
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