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This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Apr 2015 #1
Winner. The thread can end here. hifiguy Apr 2015 #2
It doesn't end there. If you take a look through the posts below you guys are getting clobbered. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #20
Racism is there in almost all context. hifiguy Apr 2015 #22
Glad she wasn't at Eeyores' last Saturday. The Haze! The Haze! Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #44
shit that minorities/women have to put up with on a daily basis geek tragedy Apr 2015 #3
interested myself, i see those above you did exactly that calling it butt hurt. too fuggin' funny seabeyond Apr 2015 #10
This was the actual thread win. nt daredtowork Apr 2015 #165
in case we get deletes cause they stepped right into the shit. seabeyond Apr 2015 #11
Ah, my most trusted friend. You brought the goods. I didn't see a thing. That's precious, LOL! freshwest Apr 2015 #155
+1 Hong Kong Cavalier Apr 2015 #16
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2015 #50
This post wins! (nt) LostOne4Ever Apr 2015 #172
* ronnie624 Apr 2015 #237
It's a term coined by a professor at Harvard to describe the unintended racial slights that black Brickbat Apr 2015 #4
Thank you treestar Apr 2015 #34
Like how pen-labels are printed to favor a right-handed writer, for instance? Orrex Apr 2015 #39
I know what this town needs Capt. Obvious Apr 2015 #43
No Chiquitita Apr 2015 #154
Obviously the comparison was facetious, but... Orrex Apr 2015 #162
It's forgiving but not forgetting. NT Trillo Apr 2015 #5
My motto. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #161
Not "butt hurt", and take that crap elsewhere snpsmom Apr 2015 #6
we have quite a few privileged types around here who openly sneer at the perspectives geek tragedy Apr 2015 #8
Yep. And they have been feeling particularly aggrieved since they are getting called out on it Number23 Apr 2015 #127
It's attacking their purity and easily affordable innocence. Who wouldn't be aggrieved? Wha! n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #158
WAIT! They are the real progressives. Excuse me for breathing, Ebers. Not you, geek. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #157
Well done! Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #9
+1. But I would add ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #26
Good addition. Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #29
A loud, clueless crew here feel that the only minority experience worth even caring about is one Number23 Apr 2015 #129
The other pearl, is show me the link to who said that, liar! That's baiting a member for a hide. freshwest Apr 2015 #164
Show me the link! SHOOOOOW MEEEEEE THE LIIIIIIIIINNKKKKKK!!!! Number23 Apr 2015 #219
HA! Exactly. n/t betsuni Apr 2015 #220
But, but, you don't understand us! You are so mean to us! *Sobs* Not our fault! freshwest Apr 2015 #232
WELL, WE IZ ONLY TRYIN 2 HALP YA CUZ YA NED US! freshwest Apr 2015 #229
I HAZ A BUCKET!!!!!111!!!! nt betsuni Apr 2015 #234
Thanks, Obama! The term buck-et will go down in history. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #236
Or hysterical. Or dishonest. Tiresome reading this here plus RW sources, now. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #160
You mean like this? ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #18
Or verbiage like this when talking about a grown black man. NCTraveler Apr 2015 #28
with such an arrogance of privilege and entitlement. or adult role in the situation. nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #30
No ... Knowing the history of that poster ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #41
Point very well made. NCTraveler Apr 2015 #42
But take heart ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #53
Thank you for highlighting this daredtowork Apr 2015 #149
exactly seabeyond Apr 2015 #152
Lovely and reasonable post. And yes, 1/2 the thread were posters of multiple ethnicties, genders Number23 Apr 2015 #227
it's pretty clear JI7 Apr 2015 #182
That would be my impression as well. nt Hekate Apr 2015 #230
Thank You. JaneyVee Apr 2015 #23
Well done and THANK YOU for posting. emulatorloo Apr 2015 #36
Here's a decent article on the topic from Psychology Today Revanchist Apr 2015 #7
It has a pretty concise definition of the term: Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #13
That's just a bunch of hooey! You know, 'cause science! justiceischeap Apr 2015 #92
Great article. nt stevenleser Apr 2015 #15
Great article- too bad most here will just pretend they don't know anyway... bettyellen Apr 2015 #64
Thanks, I've always enjoyed researching topics Revanchist Apr 2015 #70
It does seem like a topic that can be abused from both sides... stevenleser Apr 2015 #223
It is like most issues, something that can be abused. Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #233
Micro aggressions are when you don't attack someone personally LittleBlue Apr 2015 #12
It's like anything we name or measure The2ndWheel Apr 2015 #19
Three things YoungDemCA Apr 2015 #49
Disagreeing with academics isn't anti-intellectualism. You need to understand what that term means LittleBlue Apr 2015 #60
Bigotry is not bigotry unless proven in a lab- to your satisfaction.... bettyellen Apr 2015 #62
The existence of discrimination can be proven with statistics LittleBlue Apr 2015 #66
Because obviously women and POC are making it all up- denying the huge and endless bettyellen Apr 2015 #71
How would i know the difference between truth and claims without requiring proof? It's interpretive LittleBlue Apr 2015 #75
Lol- without "proof" you allow yourself to conclude POC are lying to us all? bettyellen Apr 2015 #76
How many are you talking about? Give me numbers LittleBlue Apr 2015 #79
Lol- you think that these slights- both big and small didn't happen unless bettyellen Apr 2015 #80
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Apr 2015 #81
That is all I ask for LittleBlue Apr 2015 #83
When someone tells you that ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #203
Depends what I'm doing that offended them LittleBlue Apr 2015 #204
What is an aggression? LittleBlue Apr 2015 #82
Well said and I second every word, LittleBlue. nt hifiguy Apr 2015 #91
Does it matter whether it is intentional or not? kwassa Apr 2015 #169
What is the threshold? LittleBlue Apr 2015 #170
I believe this woman was talking from her personal experience. kwassa Apr 2015 #173
She needs to persuade if she wants white people to stop LittleBlue Apr 2015 #180
She is right. kwassa Apr 2015 #189
It's not a responsibility whites have to accept LittleBlue Apr 2015 #197
Of course not. That is white privilege, in a nutshell. kwassa Apr 2015 #205
It's free expression in a nutshell LittleBlue Apr 2015 #211
every person in the nation has the right to be an ass. to be a racist, misogynist and homophobe. seabeyond Apr 2015 #214
You're half-right LittleBlue Apr 2015 #218
her voice of one, educated me and made me think, once i listened to kwassa. seabeyond Apr 2015 #190
Are you saying that you don't keep a MS Excel spreadsheet of every time a POC has been slighted??! Number23 Apr 2015 #138
Requiring people to imagine and balance every conceivable way hifiguy Apr 2015 #90
That you focus on dismissing individual acts instead of acknowledging the huge patterns of behavior bettyellen Apr 2015 #94
I put economic issues NUMBER ONE because without economic security hifiguy Apr 2015 #95
Number one for YOU, because you're hurting now too. bettyellen Apr 2015 #97
I was sticking McGovern flyers in door handles when I was 15 hifiguy Apr 2015 #99
Fear of the draft was high for young men back then, so.... bettyellen Apr 2015 #100
Wow. You are one nasty piece of work, you are. hifiguy Apr 2015 #103
So you got nothing but venom and nakedly self serving positions. bettyellen Apr 2015 #104
You know not one damned thing about me hifiguy Apr 2015 #105
When you get past this xenophobic bullshit that your interests are #1 perhaps you bettyellen Apr 2015 #106
You are so far beyond clueless about me hifiguy Apr 2015 #107
Ha, no. actually my opinions are valuable and well respected. bettyellen Apr 2015 #108
The funniest thing betsuni Apr 2015 #109
The ones I have received that were clearly intentional I have remembered hifiguy Apr 2015 #113
Self interest, again and again. Dudes lives matter! bettyellen Apr 2015 #114
you know. there is another thread of bewildered, ... where do you get that dems put $ ahead of peopl seabeyond Apr 2015 #117
Maybe he doesnt have dreadlocks? Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #188
Yessssss LittleBlue Apr 2015 #98
when will you men notice as you hold up the dollar, that our women /girls are losing life and right seabeyond Apr 2015 #115
If women had more money LittleBlue Apr 2015 #118
if if if.... whereas if a dem doesnt get in 2016 we lose the supreme crt and women and girls seabeyond Apr 2015 #121
So welcome to Dickens' London to get a couple of SCOTUS justices? hifiguy Apr 2015 #125
i get were your priorities are. they are not with girls/women lives, but the all mighty $ seabeyond Apr 2015 #126
I want to see every person living in this country hifiguy Apr 2015 #130
you think i am trolling, seeing how important the supreme crt is for our women and girls? seabeyond Apr 2015 #133
Again- you're talking about middle class white men. Sorry but.... bettyellen Apr 2015 #144
How? hifiguy Apr 2015 #150
From the reading list. OMG, just blithely read about people's oppression and bettyellen Apr 2015 #153
Abso-freaking-lutely. hifiguy Apr 2015 #122
At this point, if Hillary can add teeth to Ledbetter and devote more time to reproductive rights I bettyellen Apr 2015 #119
i am all about hte supreme crt. those worried about their $ should be too. seeing how the seabeyond Apr 2015 #124
Life is for every last man and woman, boy and girl. hifiguy Apr 2015 #120
but not smart enough to figure out the relevance of the supreme crt to women and girls lives in 2016 seabeyond Apr 2015 #123
Your tunnel vision is amazing. hifiguy Apr 2015 #128
yes, so throw the girls over board, women.... to the back of the bus. hifi. no. nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #131
This is trolling me. Point to one thing that supports your absurd contention. hifiguy Apr 2015 #135
if clinton is the candidate, do you vote? that is my point. seabeyond Apr 2015 #137
Who I vote for depends entirely on the dynamics of my state's poll data hifiguy Apr 2015 #140
that is all. nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #141
While I usually agree with you seabeyond daredtowork Apr 2015 #142
arent you sweet... seabeyond Apr 2015 #145
As for the other Breitbart twerps above daredtowork Apr 2015 #163
How nice it is to have to READ about rights being trampled..... bettyellen Apr 2015 #148
ya. that was the tunnel vision. i ignored all that and stuck with supreme crt. piece of cake. nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #151
What you've missed is that women and POC have been impoverished for years, bettyellen Apr 2015 #143
i didnt get into it, but yes... saying a fiscal equality with women blacks and gays? well, they seabeyond Apr 2015 #147
Wow. Twenty-odd posts of you hifiguy Apr 2015 #221
Whatever hifi... Nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #222
I think it takes two forms.... Revanchist Apr 2015 #67
Microaggression is tiny acts of suspected racism that you can't prove Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #14
So it phil89 Apr 2015 #21
No, they aren't always "unprovable." Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #25
ty. i love to hear when we are on a role.... to awareness. very simple, seabeyond Apr 2015 #31
"yet all three come across as compliments" No they don't. Those are flat out insults. Throd Apr 2015 #32
Depends on perception. Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #35
So true ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #45
Or, NOLALady Apr 2015 #61
Yes this too. Thank you. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #38
+1. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #40
This post is so good I am almost tempted to rec this thread. Number23 Apr 2015 #139
No, what's absurd are people like yourself who assume that racism doesn't exist geek tragedy Apr 2015 #37
Yeah this exactly. Just because I can't prove it, doesn't mean it isn't happening. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #52
Cool assumption you just made, lacking proof of course. LanternWaste Apr 2015 #65
Well, this OP and a few of the replies are Exhibit A. Starry Messenger Apr 2015 #17
Are you saying I microaggressed by posting the OP? Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #24
When faced with the choice between Codeine Apr 2015 #46
Well said. The OP is baloney- they will continue to ignore enlightening posts here.... bettyellen Apr 2015 #73
Wow, you PC folks are really charming. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #85
wouldnt " PC folks" be kinda rw fox news'ish? nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #88
It's another RW meme- and we're shocked to be called "you guys" to boot. bettyellen Apr 2015 #89
Goes on too much around here to be termed "micro" Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #48
I don't think I can type that post differently. Starry Messenger Apr 2015 #101
My entire life experience from sixth grade until I quit high school... hunter Apr 2015 #27
We're being nice when we call them microaggressions, to be honest. DemocraticWing Apr 2015 #33
Isn't it lovely they are so willing to guide us through life? freshwest Apr 2015 #166
I want to thank our more thoughtful posters Codeine Apr 2015 #47
Nice post. Bobbie Jo Apr 2015 #59
Good on you for saying so. bettyellen Apr 2015 #77
I was going to give the definition, but I see that the first post has whitesplained it already mwrguy Apr 2015 #51
Thanks for saying it! n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #167
I sent the JHU student government an email saying they were too NICE to Chick Fil Hate. alp227 Apr 2015 #54
wow, you did that really well... mike_c Apr 2015 #55
How disingenuous. ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #56
This is Berke Breathed's account of it Scootaloo Apr 2015 #57
Stop believing in god and you can experience that shit firsthand. MindPilot Apr 2015 #58
I got the shit kicked out of me at age 8, for saying "I don't believe in God" on the school bus. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #112
It's smaller than a milliaggression Nye Bevan Apr 2015 #63
Deffinitions: NM_Birder Apr 2015 #68
Is google down? nt LeftyMom Apr 2015 #69
No but you can learn more from multiple people's perspectives Revanchist Apr 2015 #72
Microagressions romanic Apr 2015 #74
An excellent explanation. hifiguy Apr 2015 #93
Except it's wrong daredtowork Apr 2015 #171
war on straight white men JI7 Apr 2015 #78
I think that it is a term that- like many- has the potential to accurately raise awareness, yet also Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #84
One millionth of an aggression jberryhill Apr 2015 #86
The new academic concept of microagressions TM99 Apr 2015 #87
lol passive aggression is a term from 80s self-help books daredtowork Apr 2015 #168
It really bothers some here to have their sacred cows challenged. TM99 Apr 2015 #201
Actually you illustrated my point. D'oh! nt daredtowork Apr 2015 #228
What point? TM99 Apr 2015 #242
+1 Pooka Fey Apr 2015 #245
Your definition is incorrect. kwassa Apr 2015 #249
I know what the 'definition' is. TM99 Apr 2015 #250
Human behavior has been human behavior forever. kwassa Apr 2015 #253
No, what it tells you is that I disagree TM99 Apr 2015 #255
It isn't a step removed, but a step towards specificity. kwassa Apr 2015 #256
I disagree. TM99 Apr 2015 #257
The phenomenon described by the term microaggressions is a real thing. kwassa Apr 2015 #259
I am criticizing both language and what it attempts to describe TM99 Apr 2015 #261
"Racism" and "sexism" isn't enough anymore... davidn3600 Apr 2015 #96
OMG - "those people" want to use better, more descriptive words to discuss phenomena that bettyellen Apr 2015 #102
You mean phenomena like the "nightmare" of going to a concert-- and seeing white people with dreads? Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #110
Yeah some kid said something silly on the net, and it's used to discredit bettyellen Apr 2015 #111
Someone's tumblr meme is not a "field of study". Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #116
Blammo! nt hifiguy Apr 2015 #132
Why do you assume "field of study" referred to the tumblr thing? gollygee Apr 2015 #134
to dismiss it? nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #136
It dismissed itself, when person in question called white people wearing dreads a "microaggression" Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #177
i prefer to listen. you might actually take the time to read kwassa'a post. fuggin' excellent. seabeyond Apr 2015 #178
I do. Because i think peoples' hair is their own damn business. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #184
Great. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #175
I don't think it's a simple either/or dichotomy gollygee Apr 2015 #243
It wasn't a blog, it was a published op-ed piece. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #244
Also, I'll say this about "culture". Like music, like art, it is a melange, a conversation, an Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #246
Gas lighting bullshit. bettyellen Apr 2015 #146
Absolutely. kwassa Apr 2015 #159
Musta hit a nerve. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #176
Nah. Hit my bullshit detector. kwassa Apr 2015 #181
Well good for you! Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #186
Of course! That is your white privilege. kwassa Apr 2015 #191
My white privilege says that white people should be able to wear dreads? Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #195
White hair doesn't naturally dread. kwassa Apr 2015 #200
I think there are white people on this planet whose hair, given time and inertia, will naturally Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #207
No, DU is piling on. kwassa Apr 2015 #247
Kind of obvious that your function here- like the kid who pulls on your pony tail till bettyellen Apr 2015 #193
I'm responding to the thread, as are you. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #198
You're here to mock, and are pretty shitty at it- or did you think bettyellen Apr 2015 #202
I'm expressing an opinion that you, apparently, disagree with. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #206
And the "tumbler meme" bullshit? bettyellen Apr 2015 #208
dismissive. nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #210
If "microaggression" is a legitimate field of scientific study Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #213
Yeah that would be appropriation of black culture daredtowork Apr 2015 #231
The distinction, of course, is in the intent and communicated message. I get that. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #235
I didn't read the now notorious article so I don't have an opinion daredtowork Apr 2015 #238
I kinda weighed in on my original response, which I think is a good, workable one for me. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #239
On the other hand the person who wrote THIS OP daredtowork Apr 2015 #240
I came into it from the context of the other thread, and answered honestly. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #241
my youngest son liked to play black. he thought it cool. he thought it a compliment seabeyond Apr 2015 #209
So you think every white person who has dreadlocks is "playing black"? Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #212
I think the focus on one dumb college kid- is dumb.... bettyellen Apr 2015 #216
That's how it came up in the first place, isnt it? Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #226
why do you make up... so you think? no. i clearly stated another example. separate of dreadlocks. seabeyond Apr 2015 #217
Except she wasnt talking about other examples, she was talking about dreadlocks. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #225
hey kwassa. thanks for you post way at the top explaining this better, for all of us. seabeyond Apr 2015 #179
I think it was on the other thread, but you are welcome. kwassa Apr 2015 #183
i did not go into the OP with the story of the young woman. i really did not know anything about seabeyond Apr 2015 #194
Thank you. kwassa Apr 2015 #196
Ocean dumptruck tangerine. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #174
And.....that's one of your better posts. bettyellen Apr 2015 #185
Awwwww Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #187
See Revanchists #7. It's an important sub concept of these. Nt stevenleser Apr 2015 #156
how about people digging up some college student's blog to find something to be outraged over JI7 Apr 2015 #192
It was an op-ed piece published a few days ago. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #199
Comrade Grumpy dug it up. Why did he do that? To mock, apparently. kwassa Apr 2015 #248
Comrade Grumpy dug it up doing his daily search for drug policy and EDM items. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #251
So, do you feel the concept of microaggressions is silliness, too? kwassa Apr 2015 #252
I was familiar with the behaviors, although not the term. And I don't know that I like the term. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #258
Microaggressions are small examples of racism ... kwassa Apr 2015 #260
What the heck is with people who can't bother to use google? BainsBane Apr 2015 #215
I'm curious what you as the OP think about this now. stevenleser Apr 2015 #224
Microaggressions are the little shit that people of color, women, LGBT people, etc have to endure. backscatter712 Apr 2015 #254
I agree, on all those examples. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #263
What the heck is a microgreen, anyway? betsuni Apr 2015 #262
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