What about that example though? How's that actually fit with your prior posts? Is that one of the "challenging ideas" that kids apparently need to be exposed to that they currently aren't? Because, like, POC are constantly exposed to that "but where are you REALLY from" nonsense regardless, whether get like it or not. Don't need to be taught about it in a college class or anything---it's a basic day on the life.
So, like, who does "exposing kids to these challenging ideas" really benefit here? 'Cause it sure as fuck ain't the person of color in that situation, because they know all about it and can tell you themselves they're exposed plenty enough to stuff like that regardless. And it's not like their interlocutor will get much benefit either, because with an example like that, they've clearly already made up their mind for whatever reason and are fishing for a particular answer, so what's the point if asking to begin with? There's no benefit to anyone there, so why is it so important that people are in fact "exposed" to microagressions like that as if there's some benefit to either person, that minorities aren't exposed to that stuff regardless, and there's any point or benefit to the whole thing at all?
Unless you seriously believe that minorities DON'T get exposed to that stuff regardless and thus it just come up in the classroom to prepare them or something? Or is this a "the burden is on minorities to reach out to people and teach them to stop being racist/sexist/etc, even through unintentional microagressions and the like, and the burden is in them and then alone to do that, while I stand back and do nothing and that's why they need to be exposed to it--causr the only way to fight back is if minorities carry all the weight themselves and if they don't their to blame for what happens to them" type of argument?
'Cause yeah, if that's the direction things are going, you can miss me with all of that noise.
And if the answer is none of the above, that you know that minorities do get shit like that regardless all the time, and agree that the burden should NOT in fact be on them and then alone to fight back against stuff like that then we'll what's the problem again? 'Cause I ain't seeing one.