“I couldn’t talk to her; she was totally hysterical.” “I don’t even think of you as being black.” “That’s so gay.” Micro-aggressions are those comments and interactions at work that leave employees ...

These groups have for years insisted that “words are violence,” that using the wrong pronouns is “an act of violence” — and even “silence is violence.” The only kind of “violence” they apparently ...

A UK fire chief has been accused of “wokeism gone mad” after banning the terms “fireman” and “firemen” — calling them “sexist, exclusionary” and a “micro-aggression that is damaging to our culture.” ...

Since when has the term “ladies” become a micro-aggressive insult? Cynthia Kwiecinski, Easthampton’s School Committee chairperson (not “chairwoman,” which might be misconstrued as another insult) ...

Many senior citizens and others isolated from the cultural cutting edge have been puzzled in recent years by terms like 'microaggression', ‘safe space’ and even ‘hate speech’. The term microaggression ...

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Using the wrong pronouns may not be an act of war, but as far as the U.S. Embassy in Brazil is concerned, it’s a micro-aggression. The embassy posted an informational video Wednesday featuring a man ...