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Constitutional Law

Jul. 7, 2015

Microaggressions and the First Amendment

Many basic themes and values we learned growing up are now considered "microaggressions" by some colleges. By Arthur Willner


By Arthur Willner


Imagine my surprise to find, several days ago, that some of the most basic themes
and values I was taught over 50 years ago in elementary school civics classes (not
to mention by my parents) are now regarded by the University of California as racist
microaggressions that must be identified and purged from classroom instruction. A
"microaggression" is said to be a form of unint...

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