Racial microaggression

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Racial microaggressions are subtle insults (verbal, nonverbal, and/or visual) directed toward people of color, often automatically or unconsciously. They are a subtile form of racism[1] Microaggressions can take a number of different forms including: invalidating racial-cultural issues, making stereotypic assumptions and cultural insensitivity.[2] Microaggressions may play a role in unfairness in the legal system as they can influence the decisions of juries.[3]

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.[1]

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  1. ^ a b 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
  2. ^ Perceptions of Racial Microaggressions among Black Supervisees in Cross-Racial Dyads Constantine, Madonna G.; Sue, Derald Wing. Journal of Counseling Psychology, v54 n2 p142-153 Apr 2007
  3. ^ Law As Microaggression Peggy C. Davis The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 98, No. 8, Symposium: Popular Legal Culture (Jun., 1989), pp. 1559-1577

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