I feel sorry for those who attend college in today's world. There's some messed up, namby pamby thinking going on out there:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/418273/university-report-room-full-white-people-microaggression-katherine-timpf
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/08/30/we-are-responsible-for-our-own-feelings/
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/418273/university-report-room-full-white-people-microaggression-katherine-timpf
According to a new report released by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, just “walking into or sitting in” a classroom full of white people is a microaggression in itself.
And for those who see microagressions everywhere:The report, titled “Racial Microaggressions,” was based on an online survey of more than 4,800 students of color during the 2011–12 academic year, and it found more than 800 examples of such microaggressions on campus. Now, that may seem like a lot — but it’s important to recognize that this high number could signify the prevalence of a tendency to assume that almost anything is racist rather than the prevalence of racism itself.
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/08/30/we-are-responsible-for-our-own-feelings/
Michael Edelstein, in his book Three Minute Therapy, argues the line of cognitive-behaviorists and rational emotive therapists have argued for decades. External events and people cannot make us feel any one certain way, even though it often seems that way.
In other words, our beliefs and expectations about a person or event or situation directly influence and, many would argue, cause our feelings. They are not the result of or inherent in of the situation itself. Others do not cause our feelings — we cause them ourselves.
So next time you’re feeling down about someone’s comment to you, or a situation that “made you” feel awful, consider that the pain and distress you are feeling is in your hands. And so is the solution.