Apparently, asking students at Brandeis University with the same last name if they are related is a “microaggression.”
The Asian American Students Association at Brandeis University created an art project outside a campus building designed to make everyone understand the way they are treated due to their race.
The Rabb Steps Microaggressions installation consisted of a large series of small printed signs featuring sayings that the students claim they hear “frequently” from other students on campus.
These “microaggressions” signs were taped to the ground and the stair railings of the Rabb building steps included lines like, “Why do you guys all have the same last name? Are you related?” and “I’m color blind. I don’t see race.”
Here is the group’s explanation for why they felt the installation was necessary:
I’m surprised there weren’t calls for trigger warnings and safe spaces over this.
