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In reply to the discussion: What the heck is a microaggression, anyway? [View all]kwassa
(23,340 posts)Is the onus on the receiver to determine whether the aggression is intentional or not? The effect is precisely the same to the receiver.
The same for social acceptability. Socially acceptable to whom? Different communities have differing levels of acceptability on different behaviors. Often, what whites see as socially acceptable diverges from what blacks see as socially acceptable.
What is missing in your thesis is this: what is considered valid in the predominately white community of DU may be irrelevant to African-Americans. So, as whites as a majority on DU are not offended by a behavior that this African-American woman found offensive, this is therefore worth discarding her viewpoint and her life experience?
This seems to be what you are telling me.