From the course: Dealing with Microaggression as an Employee
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Defining microaggression
From the course: Dealing with Microaggression as an Employee
Defining microaggression
- Microaggressions is probably a buzzword you've heard in the workplace, school or in a social setting. You see, it's easy to cite the obvious overt behaviors of racism like using race-based slurs or threads, but more subtle and insidious forms of racist stereotyping can be hard to pin down. It's important to know that racism comes in many forms, but there are two categories, overt and covert, and microaggression is covert. So where does the term microaggression come from? It's not just another euphemism or fancy code word for racism. It's researched and well-studied. Microaggressions was coined after the Civil Rights era by Professor Chester M. Pierce and revived in recent years by Psychologist Derald Wing Sue. Microaggression by technical terms is defined as brief and everyday exchanges that act as insults or send denigrating messages to marginalized groups. The micro in microaggression refers to person-to-person…
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