WMNST 105N Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mansplaining, Trauma Trigger
■we must think about that culture, religion, or ethnicity in different
terms
○Stereotypes are falsely homogenizing
■gloss over the varieties of everyday lives
■too much variation to capture it all in a stereotype.
●Microagressions
●What is a microaggression?
○Chester Pierce in the 1970s
○term that refers to unintended discrimination
○subtle acts of racism
○Examples
■“Where were you born?
■“How long have you been in this country?”
■Mansplaining
●man attempts to explain something to a women in a
condescending or patronizing way
●woman usually has some degree of expertise in the topic
■Whitesplaining
●white person paternalistically explaining why something is
or isn’t racism to a person of color
●Matt Damon interrupting and talking over filmmaker Effie
Brown in an effort to explain racial diversity
○College campuses
■How trigger warnings are hurting mental health on campus: The
coddling of the American mind
■protecting students from offensive language and hostile ideas
■protecting students from offensive language and hostile ideas
■allowing or sanctioning microaggressions in the interest of
facilitating discussion and healing might seem counter-intuitive
Document Summary
We must think about that culture, religion, or ethnicity in different terms. Gloss over the varieties of everyday lives. Too much variation to capture it all in a stereotype. How long have you been in this country? . Man attempts to explain something to a women in a condescending or patronizing way. Woman usually has some degree of expertise in the topic. White person paternalistically explaining why something is or isn"t racism to a person of color. Matt damon interrupting and talking over filmmaker effie. Brown in an effort to explain racial diversity. How trigger warnings are hurting mental health on campus: the coddling of the american mind. Protecting students from offensive language and hostile ideas.
