Gator88NE:
Based on Microaggression theory, microaggression is the “casual degradation of any socially marginalized group, such as poor people, disabled people and sexual minorities.”
Since the theory says white males are the socially dominate group, they can never be victims, unless they qualify as another protected group (poor, LGBT, etc.). If you’re a middle class, white cis-guy, forget about it…
While there are some who make arguments like “only a white person can be racist” and the like, it is possible for “microaggressions” to affect white people (not based on SES, sexual orientation, or other characteristics), although they are certainly less common in the US than “microaggressions” against non-white people.
As an example, an old article at http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113236377590902105 says that
At Cupertino’s top schools, administrators, parents and students say white students end up in the stereotyped role often applied to other minority groups: the underachievers.
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Some white parents, and even some students, say they suspect teachers don’t take white kids as seriously as Asians.
“Many of my Asian friends were convinced that if you were Asian, you had to confirm you were smart. If you were white, you had to prove it,” says Arar Han, a Monta Vista graduate who recently co-edited “Asian American X,” a book of coming-of-age essays by young Asian-Americans.
Ms. Gatley, the Monta Vista PTA president, is more blunt: “White kids are thought of as the dumb kids,” she says.