Why did Tah-Nehisi Coates, a microaggression and race scholar, speak for only 35 minutes? Coates did not stick around for a question-and-answer session that was scheduled after his remarks. But the university is on the…
Topic: microaggressions

Wimpy Professors are the Culprits
From The Unz Review: No matter how you slice or dice it, today’s universities, particularly in the humanities and social sciences, are intellectual wastelands often more committed to propagating the Leftist faith than knowledge. The…

Illinois State University Rolls Out Microaggression Bystander Training
That training sounds like a mouthful, doesn’t it? This from the College Fix: Illinois State University officials are preparing to roll out a new “bystander training program on microaggressions.” “Once the bystander training program on microaggressions…

Group Starts Anti-Sexism Social Media Campaign to Protest Microaggressions, Implicit Bias
From Campus Reform: The American Association of University Women (AAUW) has launched a new social media campaign to fight “sexist microaggressions.” The #StandUpToSexism campaign is intended to combat “seemingly small acts of sexism” such as “implicit bias,…

Parents Unhappy with Illinois High School Seminar on Microaggressions
From Campus Reform: Parents of students attending New Trier High School in Illinois are dismayed by the school’s insistence on hosting a civil rights “Seminar Day” that discusses white privilege, microaggressions, and implicit bias. On…
Ohio State Class Focused on Recognizing Microaggressions
From The College Fix: A class to be offered this spring at Ohio State University is an identity politics-based course that in large part is focused on teaching students how to detect microaggressions and white…

Walter Williams Doesn’t Mince Words on College Snowflakes, “Spineless Administrators”
From Walter Williams’ latest piece on the college “snowflake” generation and college administrators: One wonders just how far spineless college administrators will go when it comes to caving in to the demands of campus snowflakes….
University of Michigan Hosted Speaker who claimed Blacks Face Daily Microaggressions, Racism
From The College Fix: The University of Michigan “celebrated” Martin Luther King Day by inviting Yale University Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry Claudia Rankine to read some of her award-winning poetry … and to discuss…
Librarians at Washington-Bothell Undergo Workshop on Microaggressions
From Campus Reform: According to the UW library website, the Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice Team offers six different workshops for librarians, including “Interrupting Microaggressions,” “Intersectionality,” and “Privilege.” During the “Interrupting Microaggressions” workshop, librarians are taught…

Ohio State Knife Attacker was Taking Class on Microaggressions
From Reason: Before he was shot dead while attempting to murder a bunch of people with a car and a butcher’s knife, Ohio State University student Abdul Artan—a Somali-born Pakistani immigrant who reportedly became radicalized after learning…