A personal affront or even violence does the old saying still holds true to discuss that im now joined by Bradley Campbell associate professor of sociology at California State University and coauthor of the rise of victimhood culture microaggression safe spaces and the new culture professor campbell its good to talk to you think you very much for your time thanks for having me now professor campbell its such an interesting topic but before we delve into it the phenomenon that you discussed in the book micro aggressions extreme sensitivity just slides safe spaces allegations of Cultural Appropriation others primarily american predicaments or is it something that you see in other parts of the world as well. We 1st started looking at cases and the United States Oberlin College at yale out either. Elite universities thats where we were seeing the kinds of the new moral claims a new moral language being used its certainly used. Elsewhere weve weve seen it in britain and australia certainly
About micrograms sions even. In Mainstream Media and safe spaces and all these these other new concepts well i can tell you that to a russian ear if all sounds strange and russia is overtly a country with i would say little restraint for verbal aggression russians take out their frustration on others very easily so some of us would rather deal with micro aggressions than the macro aggressions that we encounter on an almost daily basis. From my Vantage Point things that you describe in the book they stem from too much accommodation rather than too much history am i wrong yeah i mean it sounds strange to a lot of american areas too i think these are still pretty relatively new ideas even though theyve become more mainstream and it sounded strange to me at 1st to i had never heard of a micrograph said. Before 2013 and i you know 1st heard the term and i think i was approaching it as a sociologist of morality so im interested i mean 1st its not you know that i wasnt so much like thinking o
A personal affront or even violence does the old saying still holds true to discuss that im now joined by Bradley Campbell associate professor of sociology at California State University and coauthor of the rise of victimhood culture microaggression safe spaces and the new culture professor campbell its good to talk to you think you very much for your time thanks for having me now professor campbell its such an interesting topic but before we delve into it the phenomenon that you discussed in the book micro aggressions extreme sensitivity just slides safe spaces allegations of Cultural Appropriation others primarily american predicaments or is it something that you see in other parts of the world as well. We 1st started looking at cases and the United States Oberlin College at yale and other kind of elite universe. Thats where we were seeing the kinds of the new moral claims a new moral language being used its certainly used. Elsewhere weve weve seen it and britain and australia certai
Other new concepts well i can tell you that a russian era all sounds strange and russias own version a country with i would say little restraint for verbal aggression russians take out their frustration on others very easily so some of us would rather deal with micro aggressions than the macro aggressions that we encounter on an almost daily basis. From my Vantage Point things that you describe in the book they stem from human mandation rather than too much am i wrong yeah i mean it sounds strange to a lot of american ears to i think these are still pretty relatively new ideas even though theyve become more mainstream and it sounded strange to me at 1st too i had never heard of a micrograph shown before 2013 and i you know 1st heard that. Herman and i think i was approaching it as a sociologist of morality so im interested i mean 1st its not you know that i wasnt so much like thinking of it as a critic or an enthusiasm but just someone from the outside looking at these activists subcul
Figure, Harriet Tubman. Its a name we know, its a name we affiliate with the underground railroad, but we sort of forget after that she lived another 50 years, some remarkable 50 years after the civil war. Tonights speaker is here to bring us up to speed and date on that in a lecture thats sponsored by sa dechlio, so well thank them for that tonight. As you probably know, Harriet Tubmans face is due to grace the front of the 20 bill very soon and our speaker Catherine Clinton [ applause ] and our speaker Catherine Clinton is one of the people that helped to put her there. In fact, her biography of Harriet Tubman was praised a revelation. Not bad. Harriet tubman is probably an appropriate subject for her because im going to tell awe little bit about catherine and shes been in perpetual motion her entire life as well. She grew up in kansas city, missouri, and sefd her undergraduate from Harvard University followed by a ph. D from prince ton, university. She specialized in American Histor