Reason.com - Free Minds and Free Markets
Reason logo Reason logo
  • Latest
  • Magazine
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Subscribe
    • Crossword
  • Video
  • Podcasts
    • All Shows
    • The Reason Roundtable
    • The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
    • The Soho Forum Debates
    • Just Asking Questions
    • The Best of Reason Magazine
    • Why We Can't Have Nice Things
  • Volokh
  • Newsletters
  • Donate
    • Donate Online
    • Donate Crypto
    • Ways To Give To Reason Foundation
    • Torchbearer Society
    • Planned Giving
  • Subscribe
    • Reason Plus Subscription
    • Print Subscription
    • Gift Subscriptions
    • Subscriber Support

Login Form

Create new account
Forgot password

Microaggression

John Stossel is seen in front of a university campus | Stossel TV

Higher Education

Are Young People Depressed Because of What They Were Taught in College?

The Coddling of the American Mind, a new documentary based on the book of the same name, makes the case that destructive ideas in higher education are making people anxious.

John Stossel | 1.8.2025 5:20 PM

dreamstime_xxl_41534432 | Monkey Business Images | Dreamstime.com

Race

Voters Have Defeated a Texas School District's Plan To Punish Students for Microaggressions

The opposition to Southlake's plan was understandable.

Robby Soave | 5.3.2021 3:54 PM

University-of-Virginia-Rotunda | Mark Lagola

Microaggression

A Medical Student Questioned Microaggressions. UVA Branded Him a Threat and Banished Him from Campus.

Kieran Bhattacharya's First Amendment lawsuit can proceed, a court said.

Robby Soave | 4.7.2021 2:30 PM

topicseductaion | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson

Education

An Anti-Racist Education for Middle Schoolers

District officials in San Diego evidently believe that the practice of grading students based on average scores is racist.

Robby Soave | 12.21.2020 6:00 AM

dreamstime_xxl_65470938 | Lightpoet | Dreamstime.com

Psychology/Psychiatry

Self-Victimhood Is a Personality Type, Researchers Find

People who suffer from a "tendency for interpersonal victimhood" present themselves as weak, hurt, and vengeful.

Robby Soave | 12.10.2020 4:28 PM

minis2 | Conde Nast Entertainment

Documentary

Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea.

The film flounders when Handler visits a spoken-word night to see college kids talk about microaggressions, but the film gets better when it shifts focus to more grave issues.

Liz Wolfe | 12.6.2019 6:00 AM

DSA | Screenshot via Andy Ngo / Youtube

Socialism

At the Democratic Socialists of America Convention, Clapping, Chatter, and Gendered Language Are Considered Triggering

But it wasn't all woke one-upmanship—they also discussed public policy.

Robby Soave | 8.5.2019 7:29 AM

University of Minnesota | Alexius Horatius

Bias

University of Minnesota Food Service Worker Says 'Hello' in Japanese to Asian-American Student, Who Files a Bias Report

"These type of microaggressions occur too often on campus."

Robby Soave | 6.18.2019 4:15 PM

Microaggression

Sugar Babies, Sexual Assault Claims, Takedown Demands, and Microaggressions

All together, in a Minnesota Court of Appeals decision handed down today.

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.8.2018 6:28 PM

Large image on homepages | Jacob Redway

Microaggression

Oklahoma State Activists Want a Bias Response Team with the Power to Punish Racially Insensitive Speech

Why not abolish the microaggression police instead?

Robby Soave | 1.30.2018 10:00 AM

Large image on homepages | Daderot

Microaggression

Oberlin College Is Hiring Students to Be Social Justice Activists, Host Microaggression Training

Earn $8.15 an hour converting your classmates into leftist activists.

Robby Soave | 10.26.2017 10:46 AM

Large image on homepages | Rich Kane/Icon SMI/Newscom

Microaggression

Rutgers Orders Freshmen to Add Microaggression to Their Course Lists

New research says such diversity programs can make campus less inclusive and more polarized.

Lindsay Marchello | 8.2.2017 2:30 PM

Large image on homepages

Political Correctness

Is Political Correctness On Its Way Out On College Campuses?

Campus P.C. is beginning to devour its own ideological allies.

Shikha Dalmia | 9.21.2016 8:00 AM

Large image on homepages

Political Correctness

Is the Campus PC Movement Dying?

Liberals are beginning to get that it may jeopardize their progressive project

Shikha Dalmia | 9.14.2016 10:23 AM

Large image on homepages

Microaggression

Honestly, the Only Way To Avoid Saying Microagressions Is To STFU Already

Clark University's handy-dandy guide to not insulting everyone you're likely to meet as a new college student (freshman is a bad word).

Nick Gillespie | 9.7.2016 4:15 PM

Large image on homepages

Politics

How the Federal Government Is Killing Free Speech on Campus

Reason's Robby Soave and Matt Welch discuss the current climate of political correctness among college students.

Alex Manning | 6.1.2016 12:00 PM

Large image on homepages

Political Correctness

When Beatlemania Is a Microaggression…

It is time to rejoice, for all our troubles are so far away...

Nick Gillespie | 12.29.2015 11:27 AM

Large image on homepages

Politics

Star Wars Trigger Warnings

These are the microaggressions you are looking for.

Austin Bragg, Zach Weissmueller, and Justin Monticello | 12.15.2015 11:51 AM

Large image on homepages

College

George Washington University Students Take A Stand For Free Speech

Amanda Winkler | 12.13.2015 1:00 PM

Large image on homepages

Culture

We're All Victims Now

Americans of all ages increasingly want and expect adult supervision.

Ronald Bailey | 11.14.2015 8:00 AM

Large image on homepages

Victim

Victimhood Culture in America: Beyond Honor and Dignity

Americans increasingly want and expect adult supervision

Ronald Bailey | 9.11.2015 1:30 PM

Large image on homepages

Microaggression

The Rise of the Culture of Victimhood Explained

Replacing honor and dignity with victimhood

Ronald Bailey | 9.8.2015 1:51 PM

  • About
  • Browse Topics
  • Events
  • Staff
  • Jobs
  • Donate
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
  • Media
  • Shop
  • Amazon
Reason Facebook@reason on XReason InstagramReason TikTokReason YoutubeApple PodcastsReason on FlipboardReason RSS

© 2025 Reason Foundation | Accessibility | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Take Reason's short survey for a chance to win $300
Take Reason's short survey for a chance to win $300
Take Reason's short survey for a chance to win $300