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Post by Heightism Report on Sept 12, 2015 5:04:37 GMT
The reason I'm posting this here, is I don't have time to read it right now, and don't want to forget about it, but as we know, microaggressions are an important part of understand heightism, so it may be of use to us. Like I said, I haven't read it yet though, so I'm not sure, but at the very least, maybe it will lead to a better understanding of microaggressions. righteousmind.com/where-microaggressions-really-come-from/
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Post by cwallay on Sept 13, 2015 13:07:23 GMT
This paper and the comments that follow are both interesting and disturbing. I'm not a sociologist but I think there is a huge problem with the microaggression trend that seems to be happening in colleges (boy it's been a long time since I've been to college, this was really a surprise to me). It's going to generate a huge backlash against people who are trying to address real social wrongs. Every time someone makes a big deal out of something trivial it tends to make even important things seem less significant or wholly insignificant. People get burned out because they've had their time wasted too many times and they just don't want to hear anymore. There's probably a limit somehow on how much empathy an average person can be expected to muster before they reach exhaustion and just close their minds altogether. It's so easy to dismiss people who want to correct a wrong as just being a victim. Once you label and judge someone a victim you can feel more secure about your own superiority. I saw an interesting TED talk the other day about prejudice: www.ted.com/talks/paul_bloom_can_prejudice_ever_be_a_good_thing?language=enJust some more food for thought about how I'd rather think about stuff.
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