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1. : a comment or action that subtly and often unconsciously or unintentionally expresses a prejudiced attitude toward a member of a marginalized group (such as a racial minority) A digital photo project run by a Fordham University student about "racial Microaggressions" features minority students holding up signs with comments like "You're really pretty … for a dark-skin girl."

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2. A Microaggression is a subtle, often unintentional, form of prejudice. Rather than an overt declaration of racism or sexism, a Microaggression often takes the shape of an offhanded comment, an

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3. Kevin Nadal: Microaggressions are defined as the everyday, subtle, intentional — and oftentimes unintentional — interactions or behaviors that …

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4. A Microaggression is a subtle behavior – verbal or non-verbal, conscious or unconscious – directed at a member of a marginalized group that has a derogatory, harmful effect

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5. Chester Pierce, a psychiatrist at Harvard University, first introduced the term Microaggression in …

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6. A Microaggression is a comment or action that negatively targets a marginalized group of people. A Microaggression can be intentional or accidental

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7. A Microaggression is an indirect, sometimes subtle put-down toward a person from a marginalized community, often wrapped up in what pretends to be a compliment. When I’m personally lingering in the

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8. The recent news at Salesforce puts a spotlight on Microaggressions, or indirect, often unintentional expressions of racism, sexism, ageism, or ableism

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9. Microaggressions can be intentional or unintentional and sometimes even well-meaning

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10. Microaggressions are the everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, which communicate hostile, derogatory, or …

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11. Sometimes, a Microaggression may be subtle, and a person needs to verify that they are a victim

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12. Addressing Microaggressions in the classroom Feeling the immense pressure of a pandemic, instructors may be tempted, when seeing or experiencing blatant racism or subtle aggressions, to just “drop it.” Yet ignoring macro or Microaggressions does further harm to the students who are targeted (Sue, Lin, Torino, Capodilupo, Rivera, 2009).

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13. Microaggression MESSAGE Pathologizing Cultural Values/Communication Styles you so quiet? We want to know what you think

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14. Microaggressions in the workplace can threaten the emotional security, performance, and relationships to peers of its targets

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15. In this article, we'll discuss ways you can respond to Microaggressions in the workplace whether you're an ally or a person on the receiving end of one

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16. We'll also outline the steps you can take if you've committed a Microaggression.

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17. A Microaggression is a behavior or communication (spoken or unspoken) that feeds into stereotypes and stigmatizations of gender, race, orientation, religion or other marginalized groups

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18. Microaggressions can be intentional or unintentional, demonstrating implicit bias, aka unconscious stereotyping—like my professor’s assumption based on my

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19. A Microaggression is a comment or gesture (whether made intentionally or not) that feeds into stereotypes or negative assumptions created around oppressed or marginalized groups of people

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20. A subtle but offensive comment or action directed at a member of a marginalized group, especially a racial minority, that is often unintentionally offensive or unconsciously reinforces a stereotype: Microaggressions such as "I don't see you as Black."

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21. Microaggression: A subtle, indirect, or often unintentional act of discrimination against members of a marginalized group

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22. Nonverbal Microaggression: A Microaggression perpetrated by an action rather than words, e.g., not sitting next to a person of color on the subway

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23. THEMES Microaggression MESSAGE Pathologizing Cultural Values/Communication Styles The notion that the values and communication styles of the dominant/White culture are ideal/”normal”

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24. Theme Microaggression Message Second-class citizen Occurs when a White person is given preferential treatment as a consumer over a person of color Person of color mistaken for a service worker Having a taxi cab pass a person of color and pick up a White passenger Being ignored at a store counter as attention is given to the White

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25. Critics deride Microaggressions as a buzzword that curtails free speech and promotes a liberal agenda of political correctness

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26. Microaggressions are more than just insults, insensitive comments, or generalized jerky behavior

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27. It’s a good example of what social-justice activists term Microaggressions—behaviors or statements that do not necessarily reflect malicious intent but which nevertheless can inflict insult or

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28. A Microaggression is a behavior or communication (spoken or unspoken) that feeds into stereotypes and stigmatizations of gender, race, orientation, religion or other marginalized groups.

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29. In his research on disarming Microaggressions, Dr

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30. Sue uses the term “microintervention” to describe the process of confronting a Microaggression

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31. “A Microaggression is a trigger that reminds you that you’re inferior or not in the in-group,” said Dr

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32. A Microaggression is a subtle verbal or nonverbal behavior, committed consciously or not, that is directed at a member of a marginalized group, and has a harmful, derogatory effect

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33. Although subtle and potentially less harmful than outright prejudice or intolerance, Microaggressions have an impact too; in fact, being exposed to chronic

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34. Keywords: Microaggression, microassault, microinsult, mi-croinvalidation, attributional ambiguity A lthough the civil rights movement had a signiÞ-cant effect on changing racial interactions in this society, racism continues to plague the United States (Thompson & Neville, 1999)

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35. The term "Microaggression" was originally coined in the 1970s by Chester Pierce, MD, a former professor of psychiatry and education at Harvard …

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36. Kanter sees this as a Microaggression in and of itself, noting a double standard in who we trust to accurately report their own health problems — and who we don’t

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37. Microaggressions—subtle, indirect, and sometimes unintentional acts of prejudice—are a problem that many people (especially in marginalized groups) experience personally, and many others fail to recognize

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38. We asked 4,275 people about their experience with Microaggressions,

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39. In his view, she was guilty of a "racial Microaggression"—one of the "everyday insults, indignities and demeaning messages sent to people of color by well-intentioned white people who are unaware of the hidden messages being sent to them," in Sue's definition

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40. After working through this module, you will be able to: Define implicit bias and Microaggression and give examples of these concepts in action.; Describe how implicit biases are formed and the ways in which they impact the lives of people of color.; Examine your own biases and their effects on yourself and others.; Introduction

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41. The term "Microaggression" was originally coined by Chester M

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42. Though the prefix might imply they're insignificant, Microaggressions are anything but.

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43. Microaggression events refer to everyday derogations, slights, and invalidations that are often delivered to people of minority or marginalized backgrounds

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44. Theme Microaggression Message Myth of meritocracy “Everyone can succeed in America if they work hard enough.” People of color are lazy and/or incompetent and need to work harder

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45. Typically, Microaggression only applies to one individual of that particular race or circumstance

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46. One example used in my previous Microaggression article would be, “You’re so pretty for a black girl.” Or on a more serious note, you make my “limited representation in the classroom a voice for all black people.”

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