A group of congressmen are looking into the University of Virginia (UVA).
In April, I covered the story of Kieran Bhattacharya, a medical student who allegedly got a little too curious.
In October 2018, Kieran attended a UVA panel discussion covering microaggressions.
During a Q&A segment, he asked as follows:
“Thank you for your presentation. I had a few questions, just to clarify your definition of microaggressions. Is it a requirement, to be a victim of microaggression, that you are a member of a marginalized group?”
Presenter and Assistant Dean Beverly Cowell replied that it wasn’t a necessity.
Yet as Kieran observed a slide during the program had stipulated that microaggressions do indeed involve people who are marginalized.