![]() ![]() Furthermore, even if words could result in real harm, we cannot demonstrate this empirically (at least yet) (Lilienfeld 2017). In broad strokes, critics of MRP advance the following argument: microaggressions are often committed via the expressions of words and because words cannot constitute a real form of violence, microaggressions do not and cannot cause genuine, enduring harm (Lukianoff and Haidt 2015, 2018, 204-205 Pinker 2018 Campbell and Manning 2018). ![]() Taken together, the objections call into question whether or not self-proclaimed victims of microaggressions are indeed experiencing any real, substantial harm. This chapter aims to respond to a cluster of objections that have been raised against what has been called the "microaggressions research program" (MRP) (see for example Lilienfeld 2017a, 2017b Haidt 2017 Lukianoff and Haidt 2015, 2018). ![]()
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