Political correctness was born in the 1960s in the United States. Linguist Françoise Nore analyzes the origin of this phenomenon.
“We finally realize that political correctness deprives language of its status as a common good, rather than anything else’, she says. Nore is a linguist specializing in lexicology, translator, and author. She is co-signatory of the column in Le Figaro “French is not doing so well, alas”