Posted on 01/05/2015 12:50:21 PM PST by rightistight
In an article called “The history of “wh”: a microaggression,” a Princeton student has called out those who question his pronunciation of “cool whip” as offensive and perpetrators of a microaggression.
The piece was written by “Newby Patton,” who is listed as a Contributing Columnist by the paper.
In “The History of ‘wh,'” Patton explains the pain he has gone through during his life when people notice that he pronounces “wh” with a heavy “h” sound.
He never questioned how he pronounced “wh” before he came to college. Now, according to Patton, he is being mercilessly mocked by class students.
“My peers make a spectacle of it,” Patton painfully recounts. “‘Say Cool Whip,’ they’ll tell me… I’ll say ‘Cool Whip.’ They’ll repeat it back to me with exaggerated emphasis on the /h/. I’ve been pulled into this conversation several times now, and each time I grow a bit more self-conscious.”
At first Patton thought it was okay because he is a white male and because he is a white male he “gets less than my fair share of discrimination.” But then he realized that he was suffering from microaggression.
(Excerpt) Read more at thepunditpress.com ...
Nah.
She just thinks that the rest of the world will think we are a pair of hicks.
You are aware that this happens with every single food item including spilled raw milk and flour right?
20+ years ago, I didn't.
If I fill up a tank with water from the tap to be bottled and got some reason decide I would rather not bottle today and empty the tank that water becomes "pollution".
The regulations are crazy.
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