This article talks about how many people are discriminatory in there everyday lives. From verbal to unconscious decisions many interpersonal reactions are based off of an internal bias that makes these racial microaggressions common-place in our lives.
Even well- mannered people can have these aggressions without noticing them. Such incidents can be separated into 3 parts:
- Microasults are conscious and intentional actions like displaying white supremest symbols, or not letting a child date someone of opposing races.
- Microinsults, both verbal and nonverbal convey rudeness and insensitivity that demean a persons race or ethnicity. For example, giving a job to a white person instead of a black person with the same background.
- Microinvalidations, or communications that subtly negate the thoughts or feelings of someone colored. For instance asking a Latino where they were born, hinting at the fact that they are foreigners in there own land.
2 comments:
People will always have their preferences and it makes sense that a person displaying these micro aggressions are not always aware they are doing so.
From personal observation, I can say I've seen these micro aggressions take place in the school environment because it is not uncommon to have judgments about gay relationships, inter-racial relationships, and even judgments against each other. School is a working environment as well, so these micro aggressions would happen amongst the entire building; for example: student vs. student , student vs. teacher , or teacher vs. teacher . we all have bias opinions no matter how educated or well mannered we are.
- V Connolly
I believe that while everyone will pre-judge in their mind, whether they say it out loud or not, not every comment made about someone can be interpreted as a "microaggression." I don't think that everything is a verbal attack, because you can say something and have no intention of insulting someone. For example I don't agree that if you ask someone from a foreign background where they're from, then you're implying that they don't belong here. Yes, prejudice and verbal aggression exists, but not everything is intended as a subconscious insult.
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