We want to catch in or in our net, the true positives of the actual racis and stop them. The problem is, as it's hard to measure and hard to know who, so you end up having the super broad net. And yes, we're gong to end up with like ten % false positives, but those false positives are going to be resentful. Or maybe it's even bigger than that, because if you put 750 thousand people through sensitivity training, you're kind of telling them you have a problem in your head and if the person's thinking, no, i don't. Well, it isn't just the case that they're trying to detect racism
Political Correctness has formed the basis for a new intolerant mindset, actively policing speech that is deemed offensive or controversial. Rather than confront bad ideas through discussion, it has now become common to intimidate one’s detractors into silence. Taking on board legitimate concerns about how speech can be harmful, Andrew Doyle argues that the alternative — an authoritarian world in which our freedoms are surrendered to those in power — has far worse consequences.