University introduces website to report microaggressions
Posted: Thu 25 Feb 2016, 21:18:36
University introduces website to report microaggressions
In a campus-wide email sent Tuesday afternoon (and shared with the Washington Examiner), UM-Flint staff announced the new website and encouraged students, faculty and staff to begin reporting. ...
The entire community was called upon to report incidents of bias they witness, even if they weren't the recipient of the alleged bias. Adding in that reports can be done anonymously, UM-Flint could predictably become a hotbed of politically and personally motivated revenge reports.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/university-introduces-website-to-report-microaggressions/article/2584111
The microaggression reporting form:
Report a Bias Incident
What is a Bias Incident?
Bias incidents are intentional and unintentional acts of oppression and marginalization that can interfere with student success and our broader efforts to build a climate that truly supports each and every individual student. Bias can occur on the basis of race, color, language, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, veteran's status and other social identities and identity markers. While bias acts do not necessarily rise to the level of a crime, they can and often do negatively impact one's ability to comfortably thrive in their learning and enjoy their campus experience.
What is a Microaggression?
A statement, action or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of an historically marginalized identity based group such as, but not limited to, racial, gendered, sexual identity, and religious groups.