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  Most of these things come straight from the mouths of their parents. Kids do generally notice differences, but it is about encouraging the fact that these don't really matter! It's funny when you hear 11 year olds saying things like "yeah, coming over here stealing our jobs" to other. It's funny that many of these parents perpetuating this mentality come from a time less 'politcally correct' ...but remember it never did them any harm, or did it?
  
  The intent with which words are used are more harmful than the words themselves. This far harder to reform and the reclaiming of words such as 'nigga' popularised gangsta rappers, the term is now a term of inclusion for reclaimer and yet exclusion for the group that originally used it a derogatory term. It makes it impossibly hard to use in any context and so it is a case of applying sensibility. I think Shakespeare's line from Romeo and Julliet "would a rose by any other name smell as sweet" comes to mind here and the words we use are ever changing, as are we.
  
  Some politcal correctness, as I have said is misplaced, attempting to be liberally minded, but in actual fact just being silly. However so much objection put forward to the notion of 'PC' is by traditionalists that would like things to just stay the same, or replicate Victorian England. Our circumstances are always changing and it about reacting to this, as opposed to objecting to it. Thomas Paine made the point about the world being for the living not the governing of the dead and customs outliving their origins.

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