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Microaggression and Moral Cultures

In: Comparative Sociology
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Bradley Campbell Department of Sociology, California State University, Los Angeles 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, ca 90032 bcampbe3@calstatela.edu

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Jason Manning Department of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University 316 Knapp Hall, p.o. Box 6326, Morgantown, wv 26506 jason.manning@mail.wvu.edu

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Campus activists and others might refer to slights of one’s ethnicity or other cultural characteristics as “microaggressions,” and they might use various forums to publicize them. Here we examine this phenomenon by drawing from Donald Black’s theories of conflict and from cross-cultural studies of conflict and morality. We argue that this behavior resembles other conflict tactics in which the aggrieved actively seek the support of third parties as well as those that focus on oppression. We identify the social conditions associated with each feature, and we discuss how the rise of these conditions has led to large-scale moral change such as the emergence of a victimhood culture that is distinct from the honor cultures and dignity cultures of the past.

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