Students say ‘microaggressions’ common at UNC

November 21, 2015

by Jessica Coates

Clarence Page, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, facilitates a Town Hall about race and inclusion at Memorial Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Clarence Page, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, facilitates a forum about race and inclusion at Memorial Hall. Some students said he committed microaggressions throughout the event. (Photo courtesy of UNC-Chapel Hill)

Many speakers at Thursday night’s town hall addressed institutionalized racism. But many students say that, in addition to overtly racist actions against them, they have experienced so-called “microaggressions.”

But what does this term mean exactly?

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