Princeton student: Joking about how I pronounce ‘Cool whip’ is a microaggression

“I’ll say ‘Cool Whip.’ They’ll repeat it back to me with exaggerated emphasis on the /h/. I’ve been pulled into this conversation several times now, and each time I grow a bit more self-conscious.”

Parton wrote that he eventually decided he could no longer stay silent about this injustice, and finally said something to a friend who had “put [him] through the ‘Cool Whip’ routine.”

“I waited awhile and texted her this: ‘Making fun of regional speech is a microaggression,’” he wrote.