Microaggression Examples

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The issue of microaggression is helping to promote a victimhood culture in many groups of ethnic diversity. Every student who takes a history class is aware of the horrendous acts of racism that occurred in the past. People were slaughtered, enslaved and denied basic human rights. Currently, there are laws in place to protect the rights of everyone. A recent trend in society seems to be that small, seemingly harmless phrases are offending many. In a classroom setting, a teacher addresses the class as “you guys” and a young junior expresses her opinion saying “this isn’t a men’s issue. How dare you… say that females aren’t important.” Although the teacher did not intend to offend the young lady, he ultimately did. Bradley Campbell explains

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