 When someone interprets as derogatory almost anything that is said about him ( or about groups with whom he identifies ) we conclude that he has inferiority feelings or low self @-@ esteem . This tendency is pronounced among minority rights advocates , whether or not they belong to the minority groups whose rights they defend . They are hypersensitive about the words used to designate minorities . ... Those who are most sensitive about " politically incorrect " terminology are not the average black ghetto @-@ dweller , Asian immigrant , abused woman or disabled person , but a minority of activists , many of whom do not even belong to any " oppressed " group but come from privileged strata of society . Political correctness has its stronghold among university professors , who have secure employment with comfortable salaries , and the majority of whom are heterosexual , white males from middle @-@ class families . 
