The Coddling Questions
Microaggression is a subtle verbal or nonverbal, committed consciously or not, that is directed at a member of a marginalized group, and has a harmful, derogatory effect. “Microaggressions are small actions or word choices that seem on their face to have no malicious intent but that are thought of as a kind of violence nonetheless. For example, by some campus guidelines, it is a microaggression to ask an Asian American or Latino American “Where were you born?,” because this implies that…
