Chester Pierce a Harvard Psychiatrist, established the expression “micro-aggression” in 1970. According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary micro-aggression refers to a comment/action that is often unintentionally hostile or demeaning to a minority or marginalized group member. This term was developed by Pierce due to witness of insults toward African-Americans from non-black Americans; In addition three years later Mary Rowe an economist, extended the word to embrace aggression against women. Students face traumatizing experiences in both past and everyday life, therefore faculties are unable to foresee the type of offensive materials which trigger warnings to those who are victims. The Bill of Rights is one of the most prestigious bills built…show more content… In 1791 a significant bill was ratified to not only forbid Congress from promoting one religion over the other, but to guarantee freedom of religion, expression, assembly and the right to petition. Although freedom of speech allows individuals to prompt themselves freely without the interference by the government, college faculties are not equipped to tackle the reactions of students that feel uncomfortable about objectives that may be covered in class. Why should we discontinue learning diverse materials to uplift our knowledge as opposed to words or phrases within the context? “The Great Gatsby” is a wonderful book that most college professors like to pursue. Many who believe micro aggression should be provided on college campuses utters that “The Great Gatsby” contains “a variety of scenes that reference abusive, misogynistic violence.” As a collective group we shouldn’t have to halt our learning objectives just because a group of people have hatred toward certain materials. An aggression is not defined by speaking your opinion but more so to exile speech; which is why critical thinking is an important skill to possess. In order to…show more content… The students were determined to embrace zero- tolerance policies for the act of unfairness. During the protest many of the football athletes began a boycott on team events, and a graduate student Jonathan Butler held a hunger strike. The boycott terminated when Wolfe made an important decision to resign. Also, their campus chancellor, Bowen Loftin resigned later that year. Yale University had a similar break out due to displeasing emails sent to the students and faculties about Halloween costumes. These two prime examples are an inspiration to the campuses all over the United States to petition for better policies for racial
