A University of New Hampshire instructor’s course
assignment directs students to "Call in someone on their ableist, racist
or homophobic use of language, for micro aggressions (or an act of racism)
towards a person of color, homophobia against LGBTQI+ or ableism against a
disabled person." Besides the appallingly poor use of language, the
direction is notable for attempting to pit students against…well, potentially any
and everyone else.
But that’s not all. Students
in the "Introduction to Language and Social Interaction" course are
told that they must also record
the interaction "in order to get credit.” Nice touch, prof. Telling people
to go “Karen” everyone they can and film the confrontations combines two of the
worst features of modern life: the desire to tell others what to do (in a
pathetic effort to make oneself feel superior), and the all-out assault on
privacy…and dignity.
To
my mind, the professor’s assignment is a “macroaggression,” as it essentially forces
students to submit to his progressive whims. But maybe that is just an “ableist”
observation.
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