In a recent piece in Politico titled “Why Are Asian-Americans Democrats?”, professors Alexander Kuo, Neil Malhotra and Cecilia Hyunjung Mo make the contention that “microaggressions” and social exclusion has pushes the entire Asian-American community to vote for the Democratic Party.

If you’re unfamiliar with the term, microaggressions, according to Fordham University, “are common verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile or negative slights to marginalized groups.”