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1、PettyslightsandsnubsthatcanleavedeepwoundsStudentscelebrateaftertheresignationofUniversityofMissouriPresidentTimothyM.WolfeonMonday.Hesteppeddownamidcriticismofhishandlingofracialissues.WhenIattendedcollegeinthe'70s,microaggressionwasn'tathing.BackthenatOhioS
2、tate,wewerealwaysprotestingsomething—racialdiscrimination,sexism,theVietnamWar—andtherewereplentyofwaystooffend.IlearnedtooverlooklamecommentsfromprofessorsamazedthatIcouldholdmyownwithwhiteclassmates.IwilledmyselfnottobehurtwhenItookaseatinclassandthewhitegi
3、rlnexttomerolledhereyesandmovedacrosstheroom.Weabsorbedtheinaneandretaliatedonlyagainstthemostgrievousinsults—notwithadministrativemusclebutwithourbrothers:brawnyblackguyswhorelishedkickingbutt.Isupposethingsarebetternow;thereareforumsandcommitteesandofficial
4、sanctionsforeverythingfrominappropriateHalloweencostumestouglyname-calling,condemnedthesedaysas"hatespeech."Minoritystudentsdon'tfeeltheneedtobeinvisibleorpretendtheydon'thearslursdirectedtheirway,asmyfriendsandIoftendid.They'refightingbackand goingbeyondobvi
5、oustransgressions tochallengeslightsandsnubs—eventhepunyandinadvertent—thatchallengetheirsenseofbelonging."Peoplearegoingtodismissus…becausetheysayit'spoliticalcorrectnessgonetoofar,"USCstudentbodyPresidentRiniSampathtoldTimesreportersthisweekforastoryontheri
6、singprofileofmicroaggression.SampathdrewnationalattentiontotheissueinSeptemberaftersomeoneloudlyinsultedherIndianheritageinafrathousecatcall.Everyday,shesaid,"studentswalkintoaroomandsomeonemakesfunoftheiraccentor[theyget]kickedoutofparties,andwehavetotaketho
7、sethingsseriously."RiniSampath,right,thepresidentofUSC'sstudentbody,drewnationalattentiontotheissueofmicroagressioninSeptemberafterafellowstudentinsultedherIndianheritage.(MelMelcon/LosAngelesTimes)::Overthelastdecade,researchersindeedhavebeguntotakethosethin
8、gsseriously.Morethan5,000studiessuggestthatevenminorslightscantakeatollonstudents'performanceandmentalhealth.Andthatdoesn'tapplyjusttominorities.TakeJamesVaughn,aself-described"50+yearold
