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 such an interesting topic but before we delve into it defend the woman 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 universities thats where. We were seeing the kinds of. New moral claims a new moral language being used its certainly used. Elsewhere weve weve seen it in britain and australia certainly and in
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
That you see in other parts of the world as well. We 1st started looking at cases and the United States Oberlin College. Elite universities thats where we were seeing these kinds of. New moral claims a new moral language being used its certainly. Elsewhere weve weve seen. Britain and australia certainly and in other places in europe so its something that certainly in the west has become more prominent recently a lot of the ideas go back and kind of are old but nobody had heard of them and now theyre becoming more prominent with people talking about micrograms sions even. In Mainstream Media. Safe spaces and all these these other new concepts well i can tell you that you know. Russian ear it all sounds strange and russia is obviously a country with i would say little restraint for verbal aggression russians take out their frustration on very easily so some of us would rather deal with microaggression is than the macro aggressions that we encounter on an almost daily basis. From my Vanta
Right so for the 1st time in American History free speech is threatened and its threatened most on the College Campus so that the safe space that from which the name coach colleges have made a place they literally have you could see it rooms in buildings called safe spaces so if a conservative comes to speak of college and youre not conservative you can go there they give you hot chocolate they give you play dough you watch movies of frolicking puppies i mean larry. I dont know it will blow your mind many thousands do this a tremendous number almost everyone i have been to has a safe space and thats the reason this is such a well known thing with which is why they gave it the name so of course in the film there are a lot of liberals like van jones and others at c. N. N. And elsewhere and they they make the point over and over this is a bad thing you cant you you have to confront ideas you dont agree with the list to one that it starts. Thats a good question i cant give you a date i wou
A very warm welcome youre watching r. T. International with me. First the overnight breaking news from the middle east the United States has assassinated the Top Commander of irans revolutionary guard in a drone strike in iraq the iranian Supreme Leader is now warning of a harsh retaliation against the u. S. Because some some on the revolutionary guards the elite force than was killed in an operation ordered by u. S. President donald trump. Properties at Senior Correspondent mark dancy have joins me in the studio now with more details and more on this really is a Serious Development that many news outlets are covering as their top headline today. Talk us through what happened and how serious this could be for u. S. Raney and relations it hasnt been this serious in a very very long time this is an unprecedented escalation that has put the countrys own the brink of a major war it all happened of course off the consumer the leader. Irans quds force that is a military military regiment tha