Uh, fifty types of microaggressions? Those exist? Multiple groups at Virginia Tech have collaborated to collect “microaggression testimonials” from students, who came up with roughly 50 different expressions that offend them. The examples are currently displayed…
Topic: microaggressions
Princeton Librarian at Center of Controversy on Free Speech
From the College Fix: Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez, the librarian at Princeton University, apparently believes it is her duty to “silence” those who think “microaggressions” aren’t a real thing. As reported by Heat Street, in a correspondence with…
NC State Holds 3-Hour-Long Microaggressions Workshop on Halloween Costumes
Halloween costumes are offensive at NC State and students need a three-hour workshop to help cope with it.
Dear Colleges: You Have No Right to Limit Free Speech
The director of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) wrote an op-ed in TIME on the issue of colleges limiting free speech: University campuses are now home to a plethora of speech restrictions. From sidewalk-sized “free-speech…
Microaggressions are a Part of Carnegie Mellon’s Annual MLK Jr. Writing Contest
Microaggressions and triggering words! Fear for your lives! *sarcasm* Carnegie Mellon University is accepting submissions for its annual MLK writing contest whose past winners have written everything from poetry on microaggressions to full length essays…
Boston University Law Professor Claims Microaggressions can be Discriminatory
Ronald Wheeler of Boston University’s law school claimed in a law journal article that microaggressions can be disciminatory in nature. You can read his bio here.
Longwood University Professor: “Anti-Abortion” Views are a Microaggression
Um, that doesn’t make any sense how someone’s views can be a microaggression. Then again, microaggressions don’t make sense, where microaggressions mean that people are triggered and upset by what people say.
UNC-Chapel Hill Takes Down Microaggressions Guide
Apparently, the taxpayer-funded microaggressions guide at North Carolina disappeared soon after it went up.
North Carolina Releases List of Microaggressions that could Offend People
Words like “Christmas vacation” are considered microaggressions at North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
‘Oriental’ and ‘Urban’ are Among Offensive Words at Mizzou
The “Inclusive Terminology” guide put out by the school sounds ludicrous.