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2018-03-10 Home Front: Culture Wars
Victimhood Culture Only Getting Worse, Professor Warns
[PJ] Two sociology professors have published a new book on how victimhood culture -- as evidenced by safe spaces, speech restrictions, and "microaggression" hype -- is causing problems for students, faculty, and staff alike.

Historically, students learned to "hold their head up high" in response to insult, the book argues. But now, students learn to interpret everything from insults to compliments through the lens of microaggression theory. Protests, conflict, and safe spaces ensue. The Rise of Victimhood Culture -- authored by Bradley Campbell, a professor at California State University, Los Angeles, and Jason Manning, who teaches at West Virginia University -- presents the harrowing details of what happened, and what’s next.

In an interview with PJ Media, Manning warns that victimhood culture "will get worse before it gets better." He says that elite campus culture moves upstream into the workplace, yet it also moves downstream towards youth, and everyone should be concerned. While professors often get blamed for teaching students victimhood culture, this isn’t always the case, argues Manning. In fact, many freshmen arrive with a fully developed understanding of "social justice," due in part to its creep into TV and internet culture.
Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-10 01:19|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top

#1 Yes, what you reinforce and reward, you get more of.
Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-10 01:37||   2018-03-10 01:37|| Front Page Top

#2 I recall an old saying, overheard a number of times with disruptive children, 'you stop your crying now or I'll give you a reason to cry'.
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-03-10 09:32||   2018-03-10 09:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Then the allure of drugs becomes an obsession. The intensity of chronic drama and insecurity coupled with no relief invites escape by any means possible. This stage of the game I call Planned Parenthood for adults. The culling of the herd. The reset button.
Posted by Dale 2018-03-10 17:12||   2018-03-10 17:12|| Front Page Top

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