Microaggressions Tag

Saying ‘God Bless You’ After a Sneeze Now a Microaggression at Simmons College

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 15, 2018 7 Comments

“this guide is by no means exhaustive”...

Berkeley Students Told Microaggressions can be ‘Lethal’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 05, 2018 3 Comments

“racial battle fatigue”...

Simmons College Librarians Discover New Form of Microaggression

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 23, 2018 11 Comments

“They are structurally based and invoke oppressive systems of a (cis)gender hierarchy."...

Rutgers Prof to Give Webinar for Librarians on Dealing With Microaggressions

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 31, 2018 4 Comments

“attendees will be provided with research-based examples and guidelines"...

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Illinois State to Hold Conference on Microaggressions in the Age of Trump

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 21, 2018 0 Comments

"topics will include lectures on how a microaggression is different from racism, sexism, and age-segregation"...

U. Mississippi May Punish Students for Using Microaggressions

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 17, 2018 5 Comments

"to stop them from doing it again and again before it becomes pervasive”...

Entire Class at Columbia Punished for ‘Microaggressive’ Comments

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 10, 2018 6 Comments

“Directly after class, the instructional team met to debrief and plan a response”...

URI Prof Wants Counseling for Student Victims of Microaggressions

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 03, 2018 4 Comments

"many students cope with microaggressions by going home and crying it out"...

For this selfie, I stood accused of cultural “appropriation”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2017 35 Comments

An excellent Open Letter to the President of the Vassar College from a Vassar alumnus, published in the student newspaper, is a must read as to what happened when I spoke at Vassar on "hate speech" and free speech. President Elizabeth Bradley's response is here. That letter exchange was the subject of my post, Alum to Vassar College President: “You owe Professor Jacobson a public apology”, which has even more detailed background. That letter exchange also caused me to go back and look at a letter from the Executive Board of the Vassar Student Association (the student government) to Vassar's President, demanding my appearance be cancelled. After lodging a series of accusations against me, the VSA letter concluded: