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Profs discover 5 new types of 'invisibility microaggressions'
Campus Reform ^ | August 31, 2017 | Toni Airaksinen

Posted on 08/31/2017 7:40:53 AM PDT by C19fan

Two professors recently discovered that there are five different types of “invisibility microaggressions” women of color face, according to an article published Monday.

Jasmine Mena, a Psychology professor at Bucknell University, and Annemarie Vaccaro, who teaches Higher Education at the University of Rhode Island, claim they are the first academics to argue that “invisibility” is a “common form of microaggression” experienced by professors of color.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: academicbias; college; microaggression; race
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This was hilarious:

Additionally, they suggest deliberately choosing women of color for high-profile awards, saying that “Both campuses and disciplinary/professional associations should be purposeful in nominating and selecting diverse winners for awards, thereby making sure women of color are celebrated.”

We know what these worthless academics will say when someone derides the so called "award" as virtue signalling: YOU'RE RACIST!

1 posted on 08/31/2017 7:40:54 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

They get angry if you notice them because of their color, then they get angry because you don’t notice them because of their color.


2 posted on 08/31/2017 7:42:21 AM PDT by MortMan (Nobody goes there any more. It's too crowded! [Y. Berra])
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To: C19fan

Small people notice microaggressions.


3 posted on 08/31/2017 7:43:24 AM PDT by lurk
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Even back in the 80's, my employer was giving Quarterly Achievement Awards to the biggest whiners - as long as they were not white men.

Macroaggressions by "people of color" seem to be a far greater societal ill - perhaps the good professors would like to carry out an in-depth study of those?

4 posted on 08/31/2017 7:43:53 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: C19fan

“They gave me an award, those racist bastards!”
“That’s outrageous! But you know what’s worse? They didn’t give me an award — those racist bastards!”


5 posted on 08/31/2017 7:45:03 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: lurk

I am so stealing that!


6 posted on 08/31/2017 7:45:10 AM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: C19fan

Astonishing-——I have a grandchild at each of those schools.

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7 posted on 08/31/2017 7:45:26 AM PDT by Mears
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To: C19fan

When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.


8 posted on 08/31/2017 7:47:02 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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Did they say anything about locker room invisibility?


9 posted on 08/31/2017 7:48:42 AM PDT by davius (You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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Fire every one of these modern witch doctors. They are no relevant to the real situation our nation is in and have no redeeming social value.


10 posted on 08/31/2017 7:48:49 AM PDT by txrefugee (.)
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I think I can sense a microaggression hovering near my desk right now even though I can’t see it. It’s a good thing I’m a white male or it would probably attack and every sane person watching would think I was crazy for reacting to it.


11 posted on 08/31/2017 7:48:58 AM PDT by LostPassword
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“invisibility microaggressions”

Now microaggressions can not be seen so anyone so anyone can imagine anything to be racist, invisible racist that is.

12 posted on 08/31/2017 7:50:41 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: MortMan
I've heard this sort of thing before. They're having a Ugarte moment.
13 posted on 08/31/2017 7:52:08 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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The headline lies.

It should have said:

“Profs discover 5 new ways of making themselves appear to be relevant, and protect their tenure.”


14 posted on 08/31/2017 7:54:01 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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Profs discover 5 new types of 'invisibility microaggressions'

How dare you not compliment me on my Lesbian Cross Dressing Tranny Style!!!

15 posted on 08/31/2017 7:56:23 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America returns to the Rule of Law)
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Sick of hearing “person of color”.

I would think the very idea of “invisibility” would be welcome to anyone who had felt uncomfortable because of racial nonsense. I guess if no one notices your skin color you lose your race card. They really don’t want that.


16 posted on 08/31/2017 7:56:31 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump.)
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Invisibility? They can now read people’s minds?


17 posted on 08/31/2017 7:58:22 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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... merely a lack of other racial minorities in a specific environment (such as a faculty meeting or in a cafeteria) can be a microaggression under this theory, according to Mena and Vaccaro.

Of course it can, since that's the way you want to define it. If this is really a problem on campus, why doesn't the "person of color" go to a predominately "person of color" school? Also, as a white person, I felt macro aggression when my car broke down in a black neighborhood. Yet, I'm supposed to feel like I'm the racist. Who feels more aggression: The white guy whose car breaks down in a black neighborhood, or a black guy who breaks down in a white neighborhood?

18 posted on 08/31/2017 7:58:55 AM PDT by econjack
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To: Kriggerel
Hmmmmm
19 posted on 08/31/2017 8:02:45 AM PDT by knarf (thank you)
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To: Kriggerel

And justify some research funding grants, so they can spend years exploring this “science”.


20 posted on 08/31/2017 8:03:55 AM PDT by NEMDF
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