You guys.... UCSC psych professors made a mobile app for reporting microagressions...

Oct 19, 2017 11:09 PM

I was watching a video featuring Camille Paglia and she brought up this app being used at UCSC to report and track "microaggressions." At first I couldn't believe it, who on earth could waste time on some bullshit ideological gimmick and call it research?

Turns out, UCSC can! Supposedly, Dr. Christy Byrd has decided to lead the initiative on this "research" that surprisingly only spans up to 3 quarters (or 9 to 11 weeks) which seems awful short for a study to be substantial. But that's neither here nor there...

link
https://people.ucsc.edu/~cmbyrd/microaggressionstudy.html

...because what they claim are examples of microaggressoins (spell check doesn't even know the word) are the only kinds of questions that naive or culturally stunted people would ask. I have never met a single person who would ask "Can I touch your hair?" because they were disgusted or turned off by it. In fact the only people I know who would do that would mean it as a compliment! Unless you did something wackadoodle with it, in which case that's entirely on you.

The idea that ALL LIVES MATTER is a microaggression is just fucked. Pardon my language, but this makes me mad.

Oh and look! Arizona is doing it too! Anyone else go to a commie school where your very ESSENCE OF BEING could be considered a threat to "multiculturalism, and inclusivity"? Please share your experiences below.

And heaven forbid I'm wrong about my how I feel about this, but if you realllllllly think so, I'd love to hear a sound, logical, proven argument. I accept real life experience as proof. I won't doubt you if you aren't a dickhole about it.

I thought post secondary was the part of your life you try new things and not only challenge others peoples but your own ideals.

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Sorry about the microaggression...

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...”but in communist america, words challenge you!”

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