> These things suck. Though I hate the term microaggression. You don't have to label it as aggression, even if it is "micro". The reason it's labeled as aggres

> These things suck. Though I hate the term microaggression. You don't have to label it as aggression, even if it is "micro". The reason it's labeled as aggression is the theoretical framework people are filtering these interactions through. That framework tells them that race, gender, and other axes of marginalization are extremely important in all interactions, and it is appropriate to reach for marginalizing oppression as a prima facie explanation for anything negative that occurs. I won't blame the original inventors of the term "microaggression" for this, since I do think it describes a real phenomenon, but it's been abused and overextended.