University Professor Says ‘Microaggressions’ Don’t Exist

Psychology professor Scott Lilienfeld of Emory University doesn’t mean any offense, but he says the concept of “microaggressions” even existing is nonsense, reports The College Fix.

The title of Lilienfeld’s paper says it all: “Microaggressions: Strong Claims, Inadequate Evidence.” He argues that microaggressions are grounded in fiction, not fact, lack any scientific proof — and should not be part of any workplace or campus diversity training.

He suggests the term be relegated to the wastebasket of words.

“The scientific status of the microaggression research program is far too preliminary to warrant its dissemination to real-world contexts,” Lilienfeld wrote in a current issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science.



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There is no science at all in what he has presented in his paper.

 

Since that post seems like a microaggression they must exist!:Geek

 

You see!

 

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