I am a former mod of tumblrinaction who has been around SJ activists for over three years and this microaggressions list is easily in the top 10 most ridiculous instances of this ideology I've ever seen

Dnile1000BC · 2015-06-25T10:33:01+00:00

My favourites are:

"When I look at you, I don’t see color"

"I believe the most qualified person should get the job"

This is the future of America. College students are being indoctrinated to believe the above is some sort of demonic way of thinking.

iainmf · 2015-06-25T10:09:14+00:00

Or "How to be Offended by Anything"

btbam111 · 2015-06-25T10:55:51+00:00

I assume this is a joke, right? Really, how difficult is it to understand that sometimes when people are spoken to, the things that they are told shouldn't always be interpreted to fit their bias that assumes that all words have racial or sexual context? I could say a or do a lot of these things for other reasons than race or sex but apparently the only reason I would is for these reasons. Thanks for telling me what I am TRULY meaning when I say something as inherently racist as "I believe the most qualified person should get the job".

pnw_diver · 2015-06-26T02:50:15+00:00

You said "microaggressions". I started laughing.

FloydRosita · 2015-06-25T15:43:18+00:00

I work at a call center in PR and have been speaking english since I was seven years old. When I tell people where I'm from they often say things like "But your english is perfect," "Are you an american studying abroad," etc.

I just say thank you and understand perfectly why they would be incredulous. Even if their compliments came from ignorance, which I don't believe they do, it's still a compliment with good intentions.

2wsy · 2015-06-25T19:27:07+00:00

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Ultramegasaurus · 2015-06-25T12:20:22+00:00

Makes me wanna engage in macroagressions. This is ludicrous

Tering · 2015-06-25T16:27:59+00:00

Can someone help me explain what's wrong with not acknowledging races within the human race? I mean, I see that people have different skin color, and there are other 'features' that differ between different 'races'. Here's my problem with 'races':

although certain phenotypes are grouped within groups of people (e.g. blond, blue eyed, white skin; dark hair, dark eyes, white skin; dark hair, dark eyes, dark skin) the genotypes related to those phenotypes are independent of eachother. So yes you can group people based on their genetic ancestry, but random mating would kill that in 10 generations.

2015-06-26T03:23:06+00:00

Did they just say that homosexual men are not the same as other males at the end there?

Because I'm pretty sure you can't disparage the male gender and think that insult doesn't apply to gay men.

These SJW idiots are microaggressioning their own microaggression list.

Tarnsman4Life · 2015-06-25T15:03:50+00:00

This makes me want to play the "Meow" game with Micro-Aggressions

kragshot · 2015-06-25T18:19:12+00:00

It's cute...they throw in just enough real racist/sexist statements so it can pretend to be an legitimate list.

And on top of that, now you can't even deny being racist without being racist.

<Sigh....>

"Microagressions;" when you can't find anything reasonable to complain about....

2015-06-25T19:34:49+00:00

Alien in One’s Own Land: Or they are just making conversation, assumed you were from another country, and were wanting to know more about you with no ill intent.
Ascription of Intelligence: Whilst this discrimination happens, ask a male how many times he's been asked to open a jar, fix a car, fix a leaking tap, fix a shelf... etc. We're assumed to be plumbers, carpenters, mechanics, computer engineers, good at math, physically fit, brave, and so on.
Color Blindness: This one is contextual, and seemingly a semantic argument. If a person is says "I don't believe in race" they're generally been accused of something and are defending themselves. So to then assume that is an offensive remark is asinine.
Criminality/Assumption of Criminal Status: Context is everything, once again. If a person does this in the middle of, say, a museum during the day then yes, it's pretty racist. But if I'm walking in a shitty neighbourhood I'd probably just avoid everyone regardless of race or creed or gender even. As for the professor, perhaps he just thought the guy was lost, not because of his skin, but because there was no classes going?

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I couldn't be bothered doing the rest, but the point is that this list is bullshit. For every single one of these, there is a decent and logical reason, without needing to resort to outlandish reasons, to explain the situation.

Not everything is sexist or racist. Teaching this "microagressions" is just going to cause people to look for triggers when there isn't any. They'll look for racist intent when there isn't any.

I hope the author grows up.

elebrin · 2015-06-25T19:40:27+00:00

Man, they keep saying, "assimilating to the dominant culture" like it's a bad thing. I've had to work my ass off to do that, and I'm pleased that I've been reasonably successful. Don't other people try to fit in the best they can and find a place for themselves? Are we not supposed to do that?

Scimitar66 · 2015-06-25T20:35:12+00:00

This ideology is lifted straight from 1984. I can't believe how right Orwell was.

nuclear_unicycle · 2015-06-25T15:59:01+00:00

Someone crossing to the other side of a street "to avoid a person of color"? I'm pretty sure it should be gender rather than race here.

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