Did I just hear someone use a microaggression???????? Microaggression, it's a term. We all came to love, but what does it really mean? Let's do a quick simple google search to find out. What is a microaggression? Wait... What is a microinsult... A microaggression is the..? What is a microassault? What is a microinvalidation? Macroagression?! Microagression... Macroassault! Microregression... Macro discrimination!! My god, okay, all right we're gonna have to take a step back. Micro aggression is a term coined in 1970, But recently, Got popularized, thanks to this wonderful man. Let's see how he describes it. Good day everyone my name is Derald Wing-Sue Why does this feel like a comedy sketch? It feels like I'm watching Adult Swim. To share with you some of the harmful impact that micro aggressions have on... The music is so uplifting! ...marginalized groups in our society. Is it a good thing? I can't tell. Well, micro aggressions are the everyday slights, indignities, put downs and insults that people of color, women LGBT populations, or those who are marginalized experience in their day to day interactions with people. In this scene, Jenny has finished a late night at the office and awaits the elevator I can tell it's a very late night based on the darkness. The door opens, She takes one step forward, sees a black male rider, hesitates And immediately clutches her purse and places her hand over her necklace. African-americans are prone to crime, will break the law, are up to no good and will steal. Okay I have taken a couple classes in Microaggressions and basically here we go, Micro aggression it can be divided into three groups based on if it's a intentional microaggression or an unconscious microaggression if it's an unintentional Microaggression, then it's called a micro invalidation whatever the heck that is and then if it's intentional it's a micro assault and if it's somewhere in between you will find a Micropenis just kidding, a Mic.. it's a micro insult in the middle if you're not okay These jokes are so fucking bad my god now you might think that micro aggression is not that big a deal. Not, people don't use it seriously come on Felix so Recent TV went to a campus to do some research Occidental College in California is considering instituting a system for students to report so-called Microaggressions, oh wow, I believe the most qualified person should get the job Qualifications aren't really the only the only things you consider when hiring someone. How can you say that? how can you even hesitate on that, qualifications aren't really the only the only things you consider when hiring someone, what else is there if You're running a business you want the most qualified person for the job Right Wrong did I just hear someone use a microaggression. I understand not wanting to hire the same type of people Because then you're just gonna get the same type of opinion But the quo... most qualified person Surely if you have if you get a job you should get it knowing "I was the most qualified for this job" Qualifications aren't really the only The only things you consider when hiring someone. I am so confused. If you're saying that the most qualified person is someone who is Not a minority you're not a religion you believe and then yes, I'd be a microaggression But that's not what they were saying . Saying "god bless you" after somebody sneezes oh that would be a microaggression because Different religions, yeah, it could be a microaggression to someone who doesn't believe in God I think that the harm. There is relatively minimal So there's still some harm though. Definitely harm. I feel my whole.. my soul is burning my soul is on fire I truly feel what it's like to be marginalized Could be a microaggression to someone who doesn't believe in God It could be a microaggression to someone who doesn't believe in God it reminds me the other week when? Mr.. Wil Wheaton who has me blocked on Twitter for being toxic? tweeted right after the church shooting in Texas that the murdered victims Would still be alive if prayers did anything that seems like the good time as any to? Criticize prayers after a church shooting thing is I don't believe in religion I am what yeah agnostic atheist But I don't feel the need to criticize other people if people want to say thoughts and prayers to something bad happening I know they have a good intention in mind even though I don't believe in what that good intention is I don't feel the need To go against that and the same thing with God bless you you know someone means something well Why would I personally turn I would be the one responsible for turning it into something negative and that's the thing with microaggression is that it's a game that anyone can play but no one wins I have an accent like a like a Swedish accent oh Did you just assume my accent? never Never have I been so shook. I'm shook. I'm shooooook Swedish accent excuse me just cuz I had this fake blonde hair. does not mean I'm Swedish, like a Swedish accent Not everyone in Sweden is blonde. Okay! what Microaggressions are the everyday slights indignities put downs for those who are marginalized? experienced in their day-to-day Interactions with people I'm not ignoring that these are Could be hurtful for a lot of people. I I fully understand that I'm not trying to take that away from people They have the right to feel whatever the way they want to feel but I found it really interesting In this video when they talk about free speech What are your thoughts on the concept of free speech do you support free speech yes, I do support free speech Everyone should be able to say What they believe in what's on their mind Unless it's a microaggression then we need to report it for hate speech I support free speech but It doesn't work like that. We condemn freedom of speech that hurt other people's feelings. Why don't you suck my micropenis? In Derald Wing Su's one of his books he points out that micro aggression produce physical health problems and shorten life expectency and the general consensus from research is that there's no evidence to back up that micro aggressions is actually harmful and What is actually defined who does it actually affect? Some say it could even be more harmful to use the term now Now that we know about micro aggression we're gonna play a little game. It's called Can you spot the micro aggression a McGill student was forced to apologise for? Racial microaggression after emailing joke obama clip this was an unintentional micro aggression, which we now learn It's a micro Invalidation good job class you learned a lot here today. It was posted with the caption Honestly midterms get out of here write down in the comments what the micro aggression was right now It was based on the fact not that Midterms are frustrating, then you need to get that anger out it was Blackman angry am I right micro aggression We also have this clip from the diversity Council of Australia (Inaudible) project that we're working on is actually looking at how we come on girls, let's get cracking girls the micro aggression here is ofcourse Little bit more subtle for their untrained eye, but me as an micro aggressing Expert I can easily tell you that this micro aggression is based on the fact that They all look like girls and Could it be the Kraken get crackin come on girls. Let's get cracking like a cracker white stir it now Moving on this is posted on BuzzFeed about micro aggression Examples no. You're white Moving on so what do you guys speak in Japan Asian? Micro aggression Just because I'm Somali doesn't mean I know any pirates. This guy is clearly just taking a piss I mean look at his face come on. Let me just play this micro violin For all these poor people with the signs and my god. it must be tough I get it You know actually it's it's smaller than that it's super micro. Yeah, actually. It's so tiny it's it's a nano aggression All right, okay, all right. Okay. Let's get serious now, and this might be completely based on my Swedish cuckery And I can't help it, but I always try to be somewhat sensible and around all these ideas I'm not dismissing the fact that this is a problem, but calling it a micro aggression implies that there's violence Involved and that somehow you have the right to strike back against it With violence as well Which is the joke that South Park hold? when hitting anyone in the game for making a microaggression When in reality it's just an insult excuse me. Did you or did you not say that this man seemed tired yes? He's my friend. I said Paulo. You look tired microagressions Persons of Hispanic backgrounds have been stereotyped as being sleepy and saying they look tired ss a micro aggression that will not Stand But I am tired And it's not a matter of definition. I think it's a you can call it micro. Whatever That's not really the issue I think the issue is how you're approaching a problem if people want to remove micro aggression from campus I don't really have a problem with that shouldn't that be done through educating instead of trying to police because it isn't Educating what you do at a campus any form of social study and social justice these days just seems to be About policing and haha we got you shame rather than educating and trying to explain Why something is bad now excuse me while I go and cry some micro tears? Thank you for leaving a like on this video every like is a macro compliment. I would really much appreciate it Thank you very much for subscribing. That would be a mega compliment really appreciate it and as always remember to Gladly be nice
