Tagged With "Microaggressions"

Some corporations have come out in support of Black Lives Matter, and they give great detail their support of diversity. However, if we are to address racism in the workplace, we need to discuss racial microaggressions — something that businesses rarely address. Microaggressions are defined as “brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative slights and insults to...

After reading this post, it’s truly the first time I’ve ever been able to properly “label” some of my experiences within the workplace. It makes me look deeper into things of past and present with hopes of not feeling overwhelmed by the affirmation of EXACTLY what it is. I’m also hopeful that more conversations such as this can be brought to the forefront

Thank you for your comment @Jalila Brunson . I plan to post more about microaggressions in the coming days. There are so many different types, and we have to educate ourselves first in order to combat them and educate our allies on how to do so as well.

Microaggressions are the “everyday slights, indignities and insults committed against marginalized groups because of their membership to those groups.” (Professor Derald Sue). Microaggressions are hard to talk about, on one hand, because when we commit them we generally don’t intend and are not aware of the hurt we’ve caused. On the other hand, the victims of microaggressions might hesitate to speak up for fear of being seen as "overly sensitive" or otherwise assuming the risks often...