DAY NINE:

Microaggressions Towards Black Women

“Microaggressions are really meant to make people feel like lesser human beings; There’s another term for microaggressions: Death by a thousand cuts. I think that description really does speak to the cumulative effects.

- Dr. Warren Ng, medical director of outpatient health at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and director of clinical services for the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. ”

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From Forbes


The Microaggressions Towards Black Women You Might Be Complicit In At Work



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From Focused Arts Media Education


Microaggressions in the Classroom



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From The LatinX In Social Work Podcast


Dealing With Microaggressions in the Workplace


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Please note that we do not endorse the stories above, we are simply providing a list of resources pertinent to DEI topics.

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