{"id":200905,"date":"2020-01-16T08:24:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T08:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=200905"},"modified":"2020-01-18T06:59:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T06:59:35","slug":"uk-university-says-complaining-about-everything-becoming-a-race-issue-is-racist-microaggression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=200905","title":{"rendered":"UK University Says Complaining About Everything Becoming a Race Issue is Racist Microaggression"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Paul Joseph Watson \u2013 Summit News Jan 15, 2020<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/GoogleTimeLine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-147565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/GoogleTimeLine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>The University of Sheffield in the UK is to pay its own students to patrol thought crimes, one of which is the common complaint that everything is becoming a race issue, which the university considers to be a racist microaggression.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Checkmate, bigots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cA university is to hire 20 of its own students to challenge language on campus that could be seen as racist,\u201d reports the BBC. \u201cThe University of Sheffield is to pay students to tackle so-called \u201cmicroaggressions\u201d \u2013 which it describes as \u201csubtle but offensive comments.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">According to the university, examples of these microaggressions include;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u2013 \u201cStop making everything a race issue\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u2013 \u201cWhy are you searching for things to be offended about?\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u2013 \u201cWhere are you really from?\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u2013 \u201cI don\u2019t want to hear about your holiday to South Africa. It\u2019s nowhere near where I\u2019m from\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u2013 \u201cBeing compared to black celebrities that I look nothing like\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In other words, pointing out that people play the race card to avoid having to defend their opinions and that \u2018offense\u2019 culture is out of control is now itself a subtle form of racism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">You\u2019ve got to hand it to them; Not only have they seized control of language, they\u2019ve also banned your ability to question why they\u2019re doing so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cSheffield University is paying students to spy on their peers and report any \u201cmicroaggressions,\u201d comments Andrew Doyle. \u201cOne example they give is \u201cWhy are you searching for things to be offended about?\u201d Given this sinister Stasi-like initiative, that\u2019s a very good question.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sheffield University is paying students to spy on their peers and report any \u201cmicroaggressions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>One example they give is \u201cWhy are you searching for things to be offended about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given this sinister Stasi-like initiative, that\u2019s a very good question.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1ILGboenLs\">https:\/\/t.co\/1ILGboenLs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Doyle (@andrewdoyle_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewdoyle_com\/status\/1217429811863355397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/h5>\n<h5>My voice is being silenced by free speech-hating Silicon Valley behemoths who want me disappeared forever. 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