Where microaggressions really come from A sociological account. Posted by Jonathan Haidt in Civility, Social trends. I just read the most extraordinary paper by two sociologists Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning explaining why concerns about microaggressions have erupted on many American college campuses in just the past few years. In brief Were beginning a second transition of moral cultures. The first major transition happened in the 1. Western societies moved away from cultures of honor where people must earn honor and must therefore avenge insults on their own to cultures of dignity in which people are assumed to have dignity and dont need to earn it. They foreswear violence, turn to courts or administrative bodies to respond to major transgressions, and for minor transgressions they either ignore them or attempt to resolve them by social means. Theres no more dueling. Campbell and Manning describe how this culture of dignity is now giving way to a new culture of victimhood in which people are encouraged to respond to even the slightest unintentional offense, as in an honor culture. But they must not obtain redress on their own they must appeal for help to powerful others or administrative bodies, to whom they must make the case that they have been victimized. It is the very presence of such administrative bodies, within a culture that is highly egalitarian and diverse i. During World War Two, many individuals from many countries risked their lives to save various minorities. During World War Two, many individuals risked.
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