Day 7 Microaggressions
Day 7 Microaggressions
Hello,

Now that we've covered the power of stereotypes, we turn our focus today to microaggressions. Microaggressions are defined as verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities that communicate hostile, derogatory, or harmful racial slights and insults to the target person or group.  

Microaggressions take place in everyday life, fueled by implicit biases, stereotypes, and more. They are a daily reality for BIPOC folks in the workplace, grocery store, restaurant, social gathering, etc. Today's Challenge activities will unpack microaggressions and provide some actionable steps to address and intervene when they take place. 
5 minutes
Read this article from Harvard Business Review covering a framework for responding to microaggressions which includes three approaches: let it go, call it out immediately, bring it up at a later date. 
10 minutes
Read this article from Psychology Today discussing how microaggressions occur in everyday life, including the subtle and implicit biases that often fuel them.  
30 minutes
Explore this collection of resources from UNC School of Medicine, providing examples of racial microaggressions and microintervention and microaffirmation strategies. 
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