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originally posted by: DrJunk
It seems that some people in the thread are trying to actively deny the existence and pervasiveness of microaggressive behaviors.
originally posted by: DrJunk
It seems that some people in the thread are trying to actively deny the existence and pervasiveness of microaggressive behaviors. The term was coined in the 1970s, at Harvard coincidentally enough. I understand that I speak from a position of priviledge, as my wife got one of her graduate degrees in conflict analysis, and I've had years to bounce ideas off of her, but the concept isn't really hard to understand for anyone actually trying to understand it.
Here's a nice blog on the subject, for anyone interested in knowing more about instances of microaggressive behaviors.
www.microaggressions.com...
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
a reply to: Jamie1
+1.
People all too often do indeed look for things to get angry about.
originally posted by: Jamie1
We are truly living in something worse than Orwell even imagined.
This is about Harvard having soda machines in the student dining hall that were manufactured in Israel.
“These machines can be seen as a microaggression to Palestinian students and their families and like the University doesn’t care about Palestinian human rights,” Rachel J. Sandalow-Ash, a member of the Harvard College Progressive Jewish Alliance, told The Crimson.
In April, the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) and the Harvard Islamic Society (HIS) met with Harvard officials, “citing discomfort with the machines and the potential of the machines to offend those affected by the Israel-Palestine conflict.”
Now we have a new term.
Microaggression.
And of course, because we're now taught that we can never "offend" somebody, we have new policies based on the "potential" that we might offend somebody.
Isn't this the opposite of freedom? Manipulating what others can do by simply claiming to be "offended?"
And this is at HARVARD!
Spoiled brat entitlement meets political correctness. Makes me wonder if the parents of these kids ever said the word "No" to them. They probably didn't want to risk hurting their self-esteem.
www.campusreform.org...
originally posted by: Jamie1
We are truly living in something worse than Orwell even imagined.
This is about Harvard having soda machines in the student dining hall that were manufactured in Israel.
“These machines can be seen as a microaggression to Palestinian students and their families and like the University doesn’t care about Palestinian human rights,” Rachel J. Sandalow-Ash, a member of the Harvard College Progressive Jewish Alliance, told The Crimson.
In April, the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) and the Harvard Islamic Society (HIS) met with Harvard officials, “citing discomfort with the machines and the potential of the machines to offend those affected by the Israel-Palestine conflict.”
Now we have a new term.
Microaggression.
And of course, because we're now taught that we can never "offend" somebody, we have new policies based on the "potential" that we might offend somebody.
Isn't this the opposite of freedom? Manipulating what others can do by simply claiming to be "offended?"
And this is at HARVARD!
Spoiled brat entitlement meets political correctness. Makes me wonder if the parents of these kids ever said the word "No" to them. They probably didn't want to risk hurting their self-esteem.
www.campusreform.org...