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This morning, I was watching the news, and they did an interview with a Psychologist from a local university, who spoke about microaggression.

I was struck by how interpretive, cultural, and generation-specific her comments seemed to be. This is what university students (especially female, as they tend to be the majority of those enrolled in psychology and the humanities) are being taught today. (She looked young, I would have guessed she was a student, but her title was Psychologist, so she's evidently graduated and is now teaching at the university. That means she is either Gen Z or Millennial.) This must be in their curriculum.

So, here's the question for you - do you consider someone being asked these questions microaggressions, or are they examples of over-sensitivity and victim mentality?

Examples:

"Your English is good."

"Where are you from?"

She claims this "Leads To:

• Increase in negative emotions
• Feelings of being different, not included
• Feeling not valued
• Increases in blood pressure
• Increases in cortisol
• Higher rates of inflammation
• Poorer sleep
• Faster cellular aging"

At the end, I was happy to hear the news anchor say to her, "But sometimes these questions might not be microaggressions, right? Sometimes they might just be genuine questions, out of curiosity. Maybe it's a good idea to ask a follow-up question, to find out." And to that, she agreed.