From the course: Dealing with Microaggression as an Employee
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Dealing with internalized microaggression
From the course: Dealing with Microaggression as an Employee
Dealing with internalized microaggression
- The impact of words and actions matter more than intent. For far too many marginalized groups, it's the unpacking of that intent that's been the most difficult part of processing the internal affects of microaggression. Microaggression can be consumed in insidious ways in our everyday interactions, so much so that we often don't know its full effects. Here's the problem with microaggression. It's hidden behind coded language. It affixes itself into the crevices of company culture and creates a safe way to discriminate. You'll often hear words like intimidating, loud, spicy, angry, emotional, volatile, unprofessional, aggressive, private, which then translates to loaded language and feedback like a peer is afraid to have conversations with you. We'd like to you work on your executive presence. We'd like to assign you a mentor to help you assimilate better. We just don't feel you are a culture fit. These types of coded…
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