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A Medical Student Questioned Microaggressions. UVA banished him from campus
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:18 pm
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A Medical Student Questioned Microaggressions. UVA Branded Him a Threat and Banished Him from Campus.
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Kieran Bhattacharya is a student at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine. On October 25, 2018, he attended a panel discussion on the subject of microaggressions. Dissatisfied with the definition of a microaggression offered by the presenter—Beverly Cowell Adams, an assistant dean—Bhattacharya raised his hand.
Within a few weeks, as a result of the fallout from Bhattacharya's question about microagressions, the administration had branded him a threat to the university and banned him from campus. He is now suing UVA for violating his First Amendment rights, and a judge recently ruled that his suit should proceed.
Here was what the student said. "Thank you for your presentation," said Bhattacharya, according to an audio recording of the event. "I had a few questions, just to clarify your definition of microaggressions. Is it a requirement, to be a victim of microaggression, that you are a member of a marginalized group?" Adams replied that it wasn't a requirement.
Bhattacharya suggested that this was contradictory, since a slide in her presentation had defined microaggressions as negative interactions with members of marginalized groups. Adams and Bhattacharya then clashed for a few minutes about how to define the term. It was a polite disagreement. Adams generally maintained that microaggression theory was a broad and important topic and that the slights caused real harm. Bhattacharya expressed a scientific skepticism that a microaggression could be distinguished from an unintentionally rude statement. His doubts were wellfounded given that microaggression theory is not a particularly rigorous concept.
But Nora Kern*, an assistant professor who helped to organize the event, thought Bhattacharya's questions were a bit too pointed. Immediately following the panel, she filed a "professionalism concern card"—a kind of record of a student's violations of university policy.
"This student asked a series of questions that were quite antagonistic toward the panel," wrote Kern. "He pressed on and stated one faculty member was being contradictory. His level of frustration/anger seemed to escalate until another faculty member defused the situation by calling on another student for questions. I am shocked that a med student would show so little respect toward faculty members. It worries me how he will do on wards."
reason dot com
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:21 pm to L.A.
you will be made to comply
I hope he owns that fricking school when he's done
I hope he owns that fricking school when he's done
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:22 pm to L.A.
NT
This post was edited on 4/9/21 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:22 pm to L.A.
Nora Kern sounds like a person that would not really be missed if she got lost in a vast desert...
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:24 pm to L.A.
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"This student asked a series of questions that were quite antagonistic toward the panel," wrote Kern. "He pressed on and stated one faculty member was being contradictory. His level of frustration/anger seemed to escalate until another faculty member defused the situation by calling on another student for questions. I am shocked that a med student would show so little respect toward faculty members. It worries me how he will do on wards."
he got kicked off of campus for this?
people are sick in the head
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:24 pm to L.A.
quote:So, the people in the interaction had no problem with it. But this Karen decided to be offended on their behalf.
But Nora Kern*, an assistant professor who helped to organize the event, thought Bhattacharya's questions were a bit too pointed. Immediately following the panel, she filed a "professionalism concern card"—a kind of record of a student's violations of university policy.
She needs to be told to f*ck off. We (the same and rational) among us need to stop putting up with this stupidity or we will be ruled by the stupid.
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:27 pm to L.A.
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Beverly Cowell Adams
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Nora Kern*
These fricking mouthy broads
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:28 pm to L.A.
Coming soon:
Bhattacharya school of medicine at the University of Virginia
Bhattacharya school of medicine at the University of Virginia
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:30 pm to L.A.
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Bhattacharya
That name sounds kind of...ethnic.
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Beverly Cowell Adams
That name....doesn't.
Adams should be doxxed and canceled for xenophobia.
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:33 pm to L.A.
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filed a "professionalism concern card"
Why does this remind me of 'social credits'?
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:35 pm to Bestbank Tiger
quote:Yeahquote:That name sounds kind of...ethnic.
Bhattacharya
quote:That one, too.
Kieran
This post was edited on 4/9/21 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:35 pm to L.A.
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UVA banished him from campus
we have got to figure out how to make banishment a 2 way street
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:36 pm to L.A.
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"This student asked a series of questions that were quite antagonistic toward the panel," wrote Kern. "He pressed on and stated one faculty member was being contradictory.
So basically just allow them to make "statements of fact" without being challenged.
Jesus
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:38 pm to L.A.
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Within a few weeks, as a result of the fallout from Bhattacharya's question about microagressions, the administration had branded him a threat to the university and banned him from campus.
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:39 pm to L.A.
Questioning micro agressions is a micro aggression. Duh.
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:40 pm to L.A.
UVA is about to get a major slap-down from the courts. They should purge the useless SJW's and Marxist subversives from the staff.
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:40 pm to L.A.
I'm sure the "moderates" from the More Soy Board will be here to tell us we're overreacting.
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:40 pm to L.A.
Why do micro-aggressions get macro-attention?
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:40 pm to L.A.
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But Nora Kern*, an assistant professor who helped to organize the event, thought Bhattacharya's questions were a bit too pointed. Immediately following the panel, she filed a "professionalism concern card"—a kind of record of a student's violations of university policy.
"This student asked a series of questions that were quite antagonistic toward the panel," wrote Kern. "He pressed on and stated one faculty member was being contradictory. His level of frustration/anger seemed to escalate until another faculty member defused the situation by calling on another student for questions. I am shocked that a med student would show so little respect toward faculty members. It worries me how he will do on wards."
Thomas Jefferson would be incredibly pleased with what has become of UVA...
Posted on 4/9/21 at 1:41 pm to L.A.
If I was the presenter, I would be glad somebody was paying attention and actually had a question for the information presented instead of taking it for a fact. IMO the faculty member probably viewed the person as a god and didn't want her idol being questioned.
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