- Racial microaggression
Racial microaggressions is a conroversial construct proposed by some social scientists and argued to involve subtle insults (verbal,
nonverbal , and/or visual) directed toward people of color, often automatically or unconsciously. Those who espouse this hypothetical construct feel that microaggressions are a subtle form ofracism "Critical Race Theory, Racial Microaggressions, and Campus Racial Climate: The Experiences of African American College Students" Daniel Solorzano, Miguel Ceja, Tara Yosso"The Journal of Negro Education", Vol. 69, No. 1/2, Knocking at Freedom's Door: Race, Equity, and Affirmative Action in U.S. Higher Education (Winter - Spring, 2000), pp. 60-73] Microaggressions can take a number of different forms including: invalidating racial-cultural issues, making stereotypic assumptions and cultural insensitivity. ["Perceptions of Racial Microaggressions among Black Supervisees in Cross-Racial Dyads" Constantine, Madonna G.; Sue, Derald Wing. "Journal Counseling Psychology", v54 n2 p142-153 Apr 2007] Microaggressions may play a role in unfairness in the legal system as they can influence the decisions of juries. ["Law As Microaggression" Peggy C. Davis "The Yale Law Journal", Vol. 98, No. 8, Symposium: Popular Legal Culture (Jun., 1989), pp. 1559-1577]Focus group interviews from
African American students at universities have revealed that racial microaggressions exist in both academic and social spaces in the collegiate environment...]References
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Stereotype threat
*Race and health
*White guilt
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