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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I'm going based on the title of the article "How Never-Satisfied Social Justice Mobs Are Ruining YA Book Publishing"
I could agree with that statement. Well, maybe not 'ruining' but causing the occasional problem anyway.
I understand what political correctness is. My point is that it is possible that what you view as a wave of political correctness taking over YA fiction could just be the rapidly changing viewpoint/reality/norms of the younger generation these books are intended for.
Your Rick Riordan example is pretty extreme. But my guess would be that it stands out because it is outside the norm.
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The title doesn't really capture what the article is actually saying.
The article has two major points - first that PC publishers are refusing non PC books and the second is that books are becoming more PC.
As I said, the first will work it's way out. The fact that the example book found a publisher and was a hit shows that.
The second is more a case of degree. YA books have always been a bit PC, if you go by the technical definition of PC (politically correct). Harry Potter was PC to an extent. After all, the purpose of YA is both to entertain and instruct. The difference is that PC now has been pushed to a more extreme level that might be the norm in some circles, but isn't the norm is society as a whole. I didn't read the article to say that _all_ YA were PC to this level.