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.
