Microaggressions Sound Minor, But They’re No Laughing Matter
It’s become almost a hobby for some — to make light of racism and other forms of bias, unless they manifest in the most extreme ways possible.
Anything short of an out-and-out hate crime gets dismissed as mere words, which, unlike the proverbial sticks and stones, can’t hurt anyone unless that person “lets them.”
On this account, if you allow comments or jokes to bother you — or get knocked off stride by what we now know as “microaggressions” — it’s because you’ve chosen to adopt victimhood, either out of weakness or a manipulative desire for sympathy.
Anything short of an out-and-out hate crime gets dismissed as mere words, which, unlike the proverbial sticks and stones, can’t hurt anyone unless that person “lets them.”
According to many, these minor acts of invalidation — at least, by comparison to vicious and deliberate acts of hatred — should be brushed off.
They’ll say things like:
“You need to get a thicker skin to survive in the world.”
