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In reply to the discussion: What the heck is a microaggression, anyway? [View all]bettyellen
(47,209 posts)64. Great article- too bad most here will just pretend they don't know anyway...
Or attack the research because it's not done "in a lab".
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It doesn't end there. If you take a look through the posts below you guys are getting clobbered.
Cheese Sandwich
Apr 2015
#20
interested myself, i see those above you did exactly that calling it butt hurt. too fuggin' funny
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#10
Ah, my most trusted friend. You brought the goods. I didn't see a thing. That's precious, LOL!
freshwest
Apr 2015
#155
It's a term coined by a professor at Harvard to describe the unintended racial slights that black
Brickbat
Apr 2015
#4
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
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
But, but, you don't understand us! You are so mean to us! *Sobs* Not our fault!
freshwest
Apr 2015
#232
Or hysterical. Or dishonest. Tiresome reading this here plus RW sources, now. n/t
freshwest
Apr 2015
#160
with such an arrogance of privilege and entitlement. or adult role in the situation. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#30
Lovely and reasonable post. And yes, 1/2 the thread were posters of multiple ethnicties, genders
Number23
Apr 2015
#227
Great article- too bad most here will just pretend they don't know anyway...
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#64
Disagreeing with academics isn't anti-intellectualism. You need to understand what that term means
LittleBlue
Apr 2015
#60
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
every person in the nation has the right to be an ass. to be a racist, misogynist and homophobe.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#214
Are you saying that you don't keep a MS Excel spreadsheet of every time a POC has been slighted??!
Number23
Apr 2015
#138
That you focus on dismissing individual acts instead of acknowledging the huge patterns of behavior
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#94
When you get past this xenophobic bullshit that your interests are #1 perhaps you
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#106
you know. there is another thread of bewildered, ... where do you get that dems put $ ahead of peopl
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#117
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 if if.... whereas if a dem doesnt get in 2016 we lose the supreme crt and women and girls
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#121
i get were your priorities are. they are not with girls/women lives, but the all mighty $
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#126
you think i am trolling, seeing how important the supreme crt is for our women and girls?
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#133
From the reading list. OMG, just blithely read about people's oppression and
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#153
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
but not smart enough to figure out the relevance of the supreme crt to women and girls lives in 2016
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#123
yes, so throw the girls over board, women.... to the back of the bus. hifi. no. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#131
ya. that was the tunnel vision. i ignored all that and stuck with supreme crt. piece of cake. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#151
i didnt get into it, but yes... saying a fiscal equality with women blacks and gays? well, they
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#147
"yet all three come across as compliments" No they don't. Those are flat out insults.
Throd
Apr 2015
#32
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
Well said. The OP is baloney- they will continue to ignore enlightening posts here....
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#73
I was going to give the definition, but I see that the first post has whitesplained it already
mwrguy
Apr 2015
#51
I sent the JHU student government an email saying they were too NICE to Chick Fil Hate.
alp227
Apr 2015
#54
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
I think that it is a term that- like many- has the potential to accurately raise awareness, yet also
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#84
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
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
Also, I'll say this about "culture". Like music, like art, it is a melange, a conversation, an
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#246
My white privilege says that white people should be able to wear dreads?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#195
I think there are white people on this planet whose hair, given time and inertia, will naturally
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#207
Kind of obvious that your function here- like the kid who pulls on your pony tail till
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#193
The distinction, of course, is in the intent and communicated message. I get that.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#235
I kinda weighed in on my original response, which I think is a good, workable one for me.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#239
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
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 did not go into the OP with the story of the young woman. i really did not know anything about
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#194
how about people digging up some college student's blog to find something to be outraged over
JI7
Apr 2015
#192
Comrade Grumpy dug it up doing his daily search for drug policy and EDM items.
Comrade Grumpy
Apr 2015
#251
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 the little shit that people of color, women, LGBT people, etc have to endure.
backscatter712
Apr 2015
#254