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Please note the different due date for this blog assignment. Because Monday, October 14 is a University Holiday in observance of Native American Day, this blog assignment is due on:
Sunday, October 13 at 11:59p.
I have posted a short survey on D2L under the USD Getting Started Tab. Because it's almost midterm, I want to get a sense of how the class is going for you in case I can make some improvements to make this class a better experience!
Chapter 8 discusses various elements of interpersonal communication. For this week's blog assignment, I want you to focus on communicating with individuals different than you in ethnicity, race, gender, age, etc., with particular interest in the concept of microaggressions (something we all engage in, typically without awareness that we are doing it).
Please complete the following:
- Read this article.
- What is a microaggression? Please keep in mind that microaggressions extend beyond racial microaggressions presented in this article. They can include subtle aggressions according to one's gender, race, age, sexual orientation, etc. If you are interested in one of these areas, feel free to look around for some information, there is quite a bit out there!
- Explain the different classifications of microaggressions.
- What is the potential impact of these subtle acts of aggression?
- Have you experienced being microaggressed against (or have watched somebody get microaggressed against)? Explain the situation and how it made you feel. Again, keep in mind that microaggressions extend beyond racial aggressions. It may be difficult to think of a time as you may not even realize it at the time, but I guarantee it has happened to you (or someone you know) at some time or another.
- As in past weeks, please compile a list of keywords.
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This article was very shocking to me. It was shocking because it is true. Our lives are full of microaggressions both directed toward us and other people as well. Racial microaggressions, I feel, are the most common type of microaggressions just because we may be not culturally experienced at this age yet. Growing up in a small town, I know my first experience in diversity was in college.
ReplyDeleteMicroaggression is subtle insults and demeaning implications against minorities. The different classifications of microaggression include microassault which is a more explicit attack towards the minority like name calling or avoidant behavior. The next classification of microaggression is microinsult is communication that conveys rudeness and insensitivity and demeans a person's identity. Microinvalidation is communications that exclude the psychological thoughts of a person. The potential impact of these subtle acts of aggression are far bigger than the acts themselves. Acts of microaggression could very easily go unnoticed by one of those involved. These acts of microaggression aren't meant to be an act of aggression, they are classified as so because they generally go unnoticed.
I have experienced being microaggressed against and at first, I did not know it because it is so subtle. My dad was a little hesitant of my interracial relationship with my now long time boyfriend. Understanding that he simply grew up in different times, it's a little more acceptable to me and I can just brush it off. Thinking back on it now, I can see how he was displaying microaggression towards me and my relationship with someone outside of my race. This microaggression could have easily caused me stress and pressure to do something about this, but I can now see that this act of microaggression was just based on his beliefs growing up which are hard to change. He also was pressured to accept my decisions.
Keywords: microaggression, aggression, pressure, stress
A microaggression is an insult against minorities. Microaggresisons can include subtle aggressions according to one's gender, race, age, sexual orientation, etc.
ReplyDeleteThere are different classifications of microaggressions. One type of classification is microassaults. Microassaults are conscious and intentional discriminatory actions. For instance, preventing one's son or daughter from dating outside of their race. The second type of classification is microinsults. Microinsults are verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that convey rudeness and insensitivity that demean a person's racial identity. The third type of classification is microinvalidations. Microinvalidations are communications that subtly exclude, negate, or nullify the thoughts, feelings, or experimental reality of a person of color. Research shows that microinsults and microinvalidations are potentially more harmful because of their invisibility, which puts people of color in a psychological bind. While people of color may feel insulted, they are often uncertain why, and perpetrators are unaware that anything has happened and are not aware they have been offensive.
The potential impact of these subtle acts of aggression is that many racial microaggressions are so subtle that neither target nor perpetrator may entirely understand what is happening. They generally go unnoticed. I have never experienced being microaggressed against, nor have I watched someone get microaggressed.
Keywords- microaggression, verbal communication, nonverbal communication, identity, and aggression.
Racial microaggressions are the brief and everyday slights, insults, indignities and denigrating messages sent to people of color by well-intentioned white people who are unaware of the hidden messages being communicated. They can be sent verbally, non-verbally, and environmentally. The message received by the sender may not be with the receiver actually intended. There are three types of classifications of microagressions. The first, microassaults, deals with conscious and intentional discriminatory actions. The second, microinsults, deals with verbal, non-verbal, and environmental communications that subtly convey rudeness and insensitivity that demean a person's racial heritage or identity. Microinvalidations, the final classification, tends with communications that subtly exclude negate or nullify the thoughts, feelings or experiential reality of a person of color. Microaggressions are harmful to our society. As the article discussed, even though some microaggressions are seemingly invisible, they still make a negative impact on individuals. Off the top of my head, I cannot remember a particular time where myself or someone else experienced an act of microaggression.
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It isn't necessarily limited to people of color...everyone can get microaggressed against. I bet you've experienced it in some form, but may not have realized it at the time,
DeleteMicroaggression is the concept that interactions between different races, cultures, or genders can be interpreted as small acts. In basic terms micro aggression is acting out against minority groups. In my cultural competency class also review the different types of micro aggression towards different cultures. There are three different types of micro aggression. These three types are microinsult, microassult and and micro invalidation. Microinsult is where someone attempts to complement you but actually insults you or your beliefs. Microassult is where someone is meaning to verbally hurt someone. Microinvalidation is where communications exclude psychological thoughts, feelings, or experiential reality of a person. The impacts of these are that you can seriously offend someone.
ReplyDeleteMy personal experience with micro aggression was a micro insult. When I was at the doctor recently being treated for pneumonia my ER doctor asked me a series of questions about my symptoms. Later, after diagnosing me about pneumonia, he was pleasantly surprised my understanding about the sickness. Although he was trying to complement me I took it semi offensively. My doctor thought because I was a young student I would not understand my illness, when in actuality I have already learned about pneumonia.
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Microaggression is the act of other groups, whether racial, gender, or culture, interacting with each other and showing forms of aggression in small forms that are usually not accounted for or are usually overlooked. Three different classifications of microaggression include microassault, microinsult, and microinvalildation. Microaggressions are acts that are voluntary and done when fully aware of the acts that they are doing. Microassaults are either verbal, nonverbal, or environmental acts that are insensitive and hurtful to others. Microinvalidations is aggression used to exclude others from things such as a job or even the country. The potential impact is that this type of aggression is invisible so it is not normally portrayed as being aggression because neither of the people in the conversation or are a part of the aggression realize or understand what they are saying or how they are being aggressive. I have experienced someone else get microaggressed against. For example, I was with my friend Ashley at the ER last week when she was being diagnosed with pneumonia. For the duration of the time that we were at the doctor's office, the nurses and doctor both were both acting like we didn't know what things were such as what pneumonia is or when Ashley didn't know that they had taken her temperature as it normally is taken. I believe that these few aspects were that of microinsults. I'm sure that microaggression has happened to me but because most of the time we don't realize these signs of aggression, I can not recall any specific times.
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Microaggressions are the subtle forms of prejudices or discriminations toward a person or group of people based on race, gender, sex, culture, sexual orientation, etc. I have been recently learning about different types of microaggressions in a Health Sciences class I am in. In this class, we discuss cultural competencies and how microagressions have aversive effects in healthcare. These kinds of aggressions can be verbal or nonverbal and intentional or unintentional as well as environmental. The classifications of microaggressions include microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. Microassaults are intentional attempts to harm a person through discriminatory acts; microinsults are subtle, sometimes unintentional, that conveys rudeness about one's race; and microinvalidations are communications that subtly neglect or nullify the thoughts or feelings of a person of color. (All of these were described as racial microaggressions, but microaggressions include many more categories, as listed previously).
ReplyDeleteAn occurrence that comes to mind as an example of a microaggression is sometimes seeing how strangers treat my grandma. She is 80 years old, and sometimes people forget that elderly people are still mentally as sharp as people half or even a quarter of their age, yet speak to them as if they have become cognitively delayed or are hard of hearing. Sometimes when I go places with my grandma, employees of stores will talk to her in a "child voice", as I like to call it, and offer her assistance. Although they are often doing it to be nice, it's very offensive to my grandma to be offered a wheelchair because she is so able on her feet and does not consider herself "old" or need assistance. Generalizing that she has difficulties with hearing or mobility based on her age is a microinvalidation; no one usually intends any harm, but my grandma's feelings are often hurt at the assumption that she is unable to be independent (which she definitely is, I might add!).
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In short, microaggression is insulting minorities. Some of these can include, but are not limited to, gender, sexual orientation, age, ect. There are three classifications of microaggression. The first mentioned in the article is microassaults. Microassaults are deliberate and very aware of the discriminatory acts against a person or a group of people. Like when a family does not allow their son or daughter date/marry outside of their race. Then there are mimicroinsults; these are more subtle and can even be unintentional acts of discrimination. Lastly, are the microinvalidations, which are when a person communicates and subtly neglect or cancel out the thoughts or feelings of a person of color. These are just a few of the microaggressions that were talked about. These subtle acts can cause a lot of hurt for a single person or a great group of persons.
ReplyDeleteAn example of microaggression is when I go to ask for tools so I can fix my bike and I got laughed at. Instead of just giving me the tools so I could fix it on my own, he looked at me and said this is the man’s job. After that, the communication between he and I dwindled quickly. I was quite offended by this since I like to take care of myself and can fix my own bike! This caused me some stress, because it made me feel inadequate.
Key Words: microaggression, stress, communication
Microagressions are verbal, behavioral, or environmental insults that cause hostile, derogatory, or negative feelings towards people that belong to a particular group. Microagressions can be intentional or unintentional and you may not even notice you are doing it. They can be directed to individuals because of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc.
ReplyDeleteAs stated in the article, there are three different classifications of microaggressions. The first classification presented is microassults, which are conscious and intentional discriminatory actions. Microinsults are verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that indirectly communicate rudeness and insensitivity towards another. Finally, microinvalidations are communications that subtly exclude the thoughts or feelings of the person being insulted. The article states that microinsults and microinvalidations are more hurtful because they are unintentional and cause confusing thoughts in the victim since it is difficult for them to fully interpret the situation. Microaggressions are subtle enough that neither party involved is able to understand what it happening. The targets of such insults often possess feelings of being excluded, untrustworthy, second-class, and abnormal. Sue and Rivera state, “[t]he burden of constant vigilance drains and saps psychological and spiritual energies of targets and contributes to chronic fatigue and a feeling of racial frustration and anger.” The articles also lists several detrimental impacts that microaggressions cause including physical and mental health problems, hostile climate, stereotypical threats, devaluation of group identities, and decreased productivity and problem solving abilities.
Everyone has either used microaggressions on someone else or has been the target of such insults at some point in their lives. I have been a member of several group projects throughout my time at USD and have been treated in very different ways. There was one group in particular that seems to fit into the topic of microaggressions very well. When I was a Finance major I was assigned to a group of peers consisting of three men and myself. When we met together to decide who will be doing which sections, it was clear that they did not trust my abilities. I was given the smallest, easiest section of the assignment. A typical person would like not having to do as much, but I am kind of an over achiever and always make sure my contribution is important. I tried to offer to do more, but the one who informally became delegated as the group leader insisted on taking on an excessive amount of work instead, unconcerned that his stress level was ridiculous. I am unsure if their microaggressions toward me were based on stereotypes of being blonde, being female, or a combination. I know they were just acting in the best interest of the group and wanted to get the best grade possible; however, I did not appreciate being looked down on as someone who is not capable of doing my fair share of the assignment.
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Microaggressions are the brief and everyday slights, insults, indignities and denigrating messages that are sent to a person of a certain group or race. These microaggressions can be both intentional or unintentional and they can be sent verbally or nonverbally.
ReplyDeleteThere are three different types of microaggression that are discussed in the article. The first is called microassaults which are conscious and intentional discriminatory actions such as using racial slurs and discriminative symbols. The second is called microinsults which are Verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that subtly come off rude and insensitive that by meant to belittle a person due to their race of heritage. The third is known as microinvalidations what are considered communications that are meant to make a person feel as if they are not welcome or are foreign due to their race or heritage.
There are many impacts that microaggression can have on a person. These subtle, yet powerful, messages can make a person not only feel bad about themselves but about the culture they are apart of. Being a Latina, I have experienced some microaggression throughout my lifetime but I am lucky that I have not experienced much of it. Being at USD, I have been instantly classified as a Native American stereotype and asked which reservation I am from simply because I have darker skin and hair. This not only made me feel self-conscious but also made me feel angry and defensive of where I have come form and of my heritage.
Key Words: Microaggressions, stereotype, self-conscious
A microaggression is a formulation of aversive racism that acts as an unconscious act in a racist manner particularly in ambiguous situations. They are the belief that everyday sights, insults, indignities, and derogatory messages sent to people of color by white people who are unaware of the comment they just made. I recently learned about these various types of microaggressions that were talked about in this article in my Health Science class. We learned that this is the most minor form of racism and can be intentional or unintentional comments made my health professionals. In order to eliminate such microaggressions, health professionals need to be very culturally competent in order to provide strong services to all clients varying in sex, gender, and racial differences.
ReplyDeleteThere were three types of racial aggressions described in this article. Microassults are the discriminatory actions that are intentionally aimed to hurt an individual using racial symbols. Microinsults are verbal and nonverbal ways of communication that convey rudeness and insensitivity to one's identity. They tend to question the individuals abilities. Finally, the microinvalidations are promoting the exclusion of one's thoughts, feelings, or the reality of differences in one's culture.
The subtle impact of this microaggressions are so hidden that at many times we don't realize that what we said can be taken as offensive. Comments such as, "you speak really good english or were you born in the United States," are comments that to us have no racial connotation but to those who face discrimination issues everyday, they are more sensitive to these microagrressions. As I am a Caucasian woman living in the Midwest, I know microaggressions happen all the time but I am less aware of those directed towards the majority population here in South Dakota. I know that there are probably several instances where someone has directed a microaggression towards myself, but I'm one who just brushes it off. I try not to take everything too literally but if I were given the position of an African American women who face more racial remarks than Caucasian, I may be a little more coherent to comments that are made by particular individuals.
Key Words: Microaggressions, Racism, Unintentional/ Intentional, Hidden Messages
Microaggression is when someone unconsciously hurts or threatens someone else. This threat may not seem hurtful but over time can be.
ReplyDeleteMicroassaults: conscious racism. You do something to hurt someone on purpose
Miroinsults: asking rude or insensitive questions, referring to race or gender.
Microinvalidations: assuming something about someone based on their race, gender, or ethnicity
The impact of these subtle acts of aggression is that the people experience them feel excluded, untrustworthy and abnormal. Some said that they feel as if they cannot mess up on anything because they have to represent and defend their group. This feeling of having to be perfect all the time can be mentally and physically draining. Other impacts of microaggesion are, they created a hostile and invalidating work or campus climate, they perpetuate stereotype threat, created physical health problems, and saturate the broader society with cues that signal devaluation of social group identities.
I work with people who have disabilities, and have seen others display micro aggression towards them. Some of the people need more support than others and people think they are being nice when they talk slowly to communicate with them, but they are really degrading them, because they don’t need to be talked to like that. People don’t realize that they are just like us and want to be treated like anyone else. It bothered me to see this happening, because I know that it bothers them. I know that the person talking was just trying to be nice, but it still bothers the people being talked to.
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The article unraveled explaining a situation where two people of color boarded a plane. As the plane was about to take flight three white individuals boarded and sat in front of them. Before takeoff the white flight attendant asked the two colored people to move to the back of the plane to balance the weight. The two people of color believed this was a racist act and the attendant defensively denied. I do not believe this was a racist act, I think the attendant just asked the group that was closest to the back. If it was a small plane with only five passengers I do not think it matters where one is sitting. This could possibly be described as a snap judgment. Racial microaggressions are little situations in which people act a certain way based on others or situations. Examples given in the article were a Asians don’t speak very clear English and that blacks are prone to crime. Racial microaggressions are slights, insults, indignities and denigrating messages sent to people of color by white people without their knowledge this is occurring. When people commit these they are usually unconscious. One example of a microaggression that does not have to do with race is when straight people feel uncomfortable around a homosexual of the same gender. This could be seen when making a face or an awkward gesture. Three microaggresions are described. Microinsults are verbal or nonverbal cues that imply rudeness to a person of different racial background. Microassaults are described as conscious and intentional discriminatory acts. Finally microinvalidations are subtle actions that nullify the thoughts or experiential reality of a person of color. The harmful impact of the microaggressions can occur through the almost invisible aggressions. The microaggressions that people of color experience so often they do not notice. People of color feel that if they make a small mistake it isn’t only reflecting them, but their whole race. The article concludes by giving more microaggressions which assail the mental health of recipients, create a hostile and invalidating work or campus climate, perpetuate stereotype threat, and more. I can think of a specific situation where I experience a microaggression, but I know that I have personally fallen victim. Also one of my best friends is black and I have been around him in different situations where this has occurred and it extremely angers me.
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ReplyDeleteMicroaggressions refer to the negative implications and subtle, demeaning references made toward minorities, and are used according to the gender, race, or age of the individuals to whom they are directed. In this article, two Asian-American individuals accused a flight attendant of being racist when she asked them to move out of their front seats to the back of the plane in order to balance the weight. What these two individuals assumed to be a racist comment could very well have been an innocent request meant to ensure the plane's safety, as the flight attendant insisted when the two called her out on the comment. As a minority, the Asian-Americans undoubtedly felt singled out due to race, and it is by these means that microaggressions occur. With white people generally being the majority of our population, we sometimes are blind to the harmful effects of simple comments and actions; our everyday actions may seem like the result of a stereotype to those who witness them. The article goes on to describe three classifications of microaggressions: microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. Microassaults are those actions which deliberately discriminate minorities. The second, microinsults, are present in things said or done that come off as being rude or demeaning in regards to a person's heritage or identity. Microinvalidations occur when a comment is made that negates the thoughts, feelings, or experiential reality of a person of color.
ReplyDeleteWhat we fail to realize is just how strong of an effect microaggressions (no matter what form it comes in) can have; for this reason, they are considered to be more harmful than intentional acts of racism. Victims of microaggressions are left feeling like outsiders and often experiencing varying levels of stress and depression. Other negative results of microaggression include hostile environments, threats to mental and physical health, and lack of motivation/productivity.
An experience I have had with microaggression is one that actually seems quite common. Whenever my brothers have their guy friends around and I am in the room (for however short a time), somebody just has to request that I make them sandwiches/any kind of snack, since that is my job as a female. As it is only a joke, this form of microaggression is far less serious than those stated in the article, but microaggression nonetheless.
Key terms: microaggression, stress, depression, stereotypes
Microaggression is a little message shown verbally, physically, or environmentally that portrays some sort of a prejudice feel, without the intention of insulting the receiver. If a person uses microaggression towards another, they are usually unaware of their offensive comment or action. Microaggression could single out a person’s race, gender, age, sex orientation, etc.
ReplyDeleteMicroaggression is categorized into three different groups, microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. Microassaults are intentional actions that assault a person. Microinsults are discourteous words, gestures, or visuals that insult a person’s character. Microinvalidations are verbal messages that indirectly exclude a person from feeling within the majority.
These subtle acts of aggression could potentially impact a person’s emotional state. Microaggressions can make a person feel unworthy, diverse, or unwanted. If a person within a, out-group makes a mistake, then they may feel embarrassed because they have represented their group in a negative way. This could put a lot of stress and pressure onto certain people. These impacts could change a person’s personality or self-worth. Society today has made many judgments and stereotypes, which increases the use of microaggressions. Social comparison is occurring every day in our lives, without us even realizing what we are thinking.
I have been a victim of microaggression, but a good example was when I was a witness. Although, I was the witness, the microaggression still affected my emotional state. My roommate and I were headed to the river with a group of friends. My roommate and I were sitting in the front of the vehicle figuring out the directions. We had men in the back, who were verbally bashing women on how we cannot drive. They kept saying that they would be willing to drive so that their lives were not in danger. These were Microinvalidations towards my roommate and me, because of our gender. I was not even the person driving, yet it still annoyed me when my friends were saying such hurtful, stereotypical, words. Since they are my friends, I knew that they were kidding, yet it this example sticks out in my mind. My roommate’s and my self-esteem at that point dropped a little, because of the stereotypical characteristics put on women drivers.
Keywords: Stress, ingroup/outgroup, self-esteem, social comparison, stereotype, personality, self-worth, microagression,
Microaggression is similar to racism. However, it is usually less severe and also less noticeable. It is common for the person at fault to not even realize they are offending a person. This article states three classifications for microaggressions: microassults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. First of all, microassaults refer to conscious and intentional discriminatory actions. An example of this is parents not allowing their son or daughter to date someone of another race. Microinsults include any comments verbal or nonverbal that conveys rudeness to the person being attacked. The final classification is microinvalidations. This includes communications that negate or nullify the thoughts, feelings or experiential reality of a person of color.
ReplyDeleteThe potential impact of these subtle acts is that neither the perpetrator nor the target will often not completely understand what is going on. Therefore, the situation will not be confronted in the moment. Once the words stated hit home, the verbal and non verbal communication will change. The target will feel some stress and racial stereotyping. If the microaggression continues to occur, acute and chronic stress will be the result. Targets will feel excluded, untrustworthy, second-class citizens, and abnormal. I can’t think I have ever been microaggressed against for any of the listed reasons. However, I have received comments about being spoiled because my dad is a farmer and writes everything off. These are hurtful because I know that this is not the case. My dad is hard working, and I work hard for the money I spend. I am working two jobs right now. When people say these things, I take a lot of offense.
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Microaggression as presented in this article is when individuals believe in and fight for equality, but subconsciously portray racist behaviors.
ReplyDeleteMicroassaults- consciously portraying racist behaviors such as wearing a swastika
Microinsults- Communication styles that subtly portray rudeness and insensitivity to different racial groups. An example includes asking how someone of a different race landed his/her job.
Microinvalidations- invalidating the thoughts and feelings of a person based on his/her race. An example would include asking a person of color where he/she was born, making it seem that that person will always be a foreigner in his/her own home.
One potential consequence of microaggression is added stress on the person because he/she is always trying to prove that he/she earned the job he/she was given and was not just given it because of his/her race. Another possible consequence is that the people may experience depression because after being told that you are not good enough for a long time, you start to believe those statements. A final possible consequence is that microaggression could lead to larger acts of aggression against the group or person. Small acts usually turn into larger acts if people do nothing to stop them.
I have never been microaggressed against personally, but I have seen it happen. One area that I think many people have seen is that our grandparents are not very accepting of gay individuals. While I do not think that my grandparents would go out and directly say some of the comments that they have said to me to the person, they definitely have portrayed some microaggression actions toward gay individuals. While I understand that times have changed from when my grandparents grew up, it still makes me sad that they think the way they do about gay individuals. People should be able to do whatever they please with whomever they please without being judged for it.
Key words: Microaggression, aggression, communication, stress, depression
Microaggression is the idea that specific interactions between those of different races, cultures, or genders can be interpreted as small act of mostly non-physical aggression. An example of this when a white female passes a black male they clutch their purse. There are three classification of microaggression. The first type of microaggression is microassaults. This is the act of intentional discriminatory action. This could be done by using racial epithets or displaying white supremacist symbols or acting like whites are superior. The second type is microinsults. These are verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that convey rudeness and insensitivity to a person’s race or identity. The third type is microinvalidations. This is when communication invalidates the feelings or experience of the reality of the person’s life. An example of this is when you ask where a Oriental person was born, thus conveying that they were not born in the United States.
ReplyDeleteThere are many negative impacts that microaggressions have on the group of people that is being hurt. These little digs at people’s lifestyle can really add up. If a gay man constantly had to listen to mean jokes everyday about his sexual orientation, this might decrease his self-esteem which could make his life not as happy. Other harmful effects are mental health. These effects could be depression or loss of self worth. Microaggressions also create hostile work or campus environment, lower work productivity and problem solving abilities, inequities in education, inequities in employment and health care, and enable stereotype threats.
I think that Microaggression is all around us. I know that I have seen microaggression against Hispanic people. I work at a restaurant, and I have heard servers when they get a table of Hispanic people that the table will not tip well because they don’t have money to go out to eat. I think this implies that all Hispanic people how lower paying jobs thus cannot afford to go out to eat. I think this is very distasteful and made me think that that coworker was a mean person. Everyone should be treated with the same respect.
Keywords: depression, micoagressions, self-esteem, nonverbal actions
Microaggression is basically quiet racism. It’s when people of one race discriminate against people in another race without being over about it. Microaggression is conveyed through looks, personal space, and even nonverbal language. It’s when people who say they believe in equality do the exact opposite of what they say; thought they say they don’t believe in racism, they still quietly engage in racist acts that can’t be called out. Microaggressions don’t occur only with racism. They can occur with gender, ethnic group, and other groups.
ReplyDeleteMicroaggressions can be classified in three subcategories: microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. Microassaults are a step away from actual acts of discrimination. Being a part of racist groups and taking part in direct racist aggression are both acts of microaggression. Microinsults are backhanded comments about different races based on old stereotypes and an example of one of these would be a racist “joke.” Microinvalidations are assuming that minority groups fit into negative stereotypes. The article mentions that being surprised that someone was born in America is an example.
These subtle acts of aggression could be caused by a variety of things. Upbringing is still a problem when it comes to racist attitudes. It’s hard to change an attitude that has been in place for someone’s whole life, but it can still be done. Social pressure to believe in racism even when someone didn’t grow up with it is also a huge issue. Friends are huge influences and even when we don’t realize it, we have a tendency to value what they value over time. The people we are surrounded by determine our attitudes, and if we are around racist attitudes, it is possible we could adopt them without even realizing it. Fortunately, we live in a time where we are advocating against racism and more and more people are opened up to what discriminatory behavior is and how we can avoid it.
Subtle acts of aggression can cause hurt feelings, insecurity, low self-esteem, and a plethora of other problems. It causes tension in society and keeps people from coming together. It creates an unhealthy mix of ingroups and outgroups as well as attitudes that are associated with each. Subtle aggression is hard to recognize because it could be a statement or action that could really have meant something or may have been an accidental offense.
I have been on both sides of microaggression. Because I am a girl, I feel like I get less respect at my job back home. This disrespect does not come from my coworkers, but from the different people I interact with at work every day. It makes me feel undermined and makes me question whether I’m worthy of my job or not. I have seen other girls in this situation elsewhere. I have also heard racist jokes made, however not recently. Seeing others in similar positions makes me empathetic and also helps me realize that our society still has a long way to go.
Key Words: self-esteem, ingroup, outgroup, empathy, aggression, racism, social pressure, nonverbal
Microaggression is the act of pretending to fight racism but under all there "fake" exterior lies a small amount of racism. For example they speak out against racism yet they secretly are judgmental towards a that race. There are many different forms. First is microassult, this is the deliberate act of hostility towards a race. Microinsults is a subtle insult. One example of this would be a racist joke. Lastly, microinvalidations is when communication invalidates a persons feelings of worth. An example of this would be asking a Latino where they were born. Even though they could have been born In the US. Microaggressions can cause a lowering of self esteem. This serious issue can also affect society. I have been a victim of microaggression in the past. I needed to get my car fixed at one point and the mechanic didn't believe me when I was explaining the problem. He drove my car around and told me there was nothing wrong. Later on I found out that I was right and there major issues with my car. reading this showed me how relevant this really is. terms-self-esteem, nonverbal, outgroup, empathy ,aggression ,racism, ingroup
ReplyDeleteMicroaggression is specific interactions between those of different races, cultures, or genders can be interpreted as small acts of mostly nonphysical aggression. It usually involves demeaning implications and other subtle insults against minorities.
ReplyDeleteThere are three different microaggressions: microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. Microassults are conscious and intentional discriminatory actions. This means using racial slurs, displaying White supremacy, and prevention of allowing son or daughter to date outside of their race. Microinsults are verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that convey rudeness and insensitivity the demean a person’s racial heritage or identity. An example is someone asking if they got the job because of their race or the quota system. Microinvalidations are communications that subtly exclude negate or annul the thoughts, feelings or reality of a person of color. An example is asking where a person of another race where they were born.
I experienced microaggression in Paris at the airport because the French are known to not be nice to Americans and they looked at us with disgust. They were very rude and discriminatory against us Americans. They were nonverbal actions as well as verbal actions because not only did they look at us poorly, but they also spoke to us in a rude tone. It caused my self-esteem to drop and I started stressing out because I thought I was doing something wrong. Microaggressions are all around our world today. Some particular places that it is seen more are school and work. School situations can be difficult because some teachers may be discriminatory and grade females better than males or Whites better than a minority. In the work force, some companies may be raciest and not hire a Hispanic or African American employee.
Key Words: microaggression, discriminate, racist, nonverbal actions, verbal actions, self-esteem, stress
Microagression is the interaction between people with different races, cultures, and genders which may be seen as a small act of non-physical agression. People aren't always aware they are saying or doing something that may be offensive to another race, culture, or gender. Microaggression can be either verbal actions or nonverbal actions.
ReplyDeleteThe author of this article explains three different classifications of microaggression. The first is microassult. Microassult is when a person is aware and intentionally acts in a way that is discriminant against another person or group of people. The second classification is microinsult. Microincult is verbal, nonverbal, or environmental communication that is rude towards a racial identity. The third classification is microinvalidation. Microinvalidation is communication that exclude a person of color's thoughts and feelings. Microaggression can also include ingroups and outgroups. Microaggression is harmful to a person. They person which it is being directed to could have more stress and have a lower self-esteem. Microaggression can take a very harmful emotional toll on a person.
Microaggression takes place in a lot of places. I have friends that their parents won't let them date people of another race. I find this very unfair because they don't even take the time to get to know the person. This person could be the nicest person ever. Sometimes when I am in a parking lot in my car waiting for someone and a scary or mean looking person is walking by, I lock my car doors. I am scared and I wouldn't want anything to happen. I think this is kind of a microaggression act, but it is not meant to be.
Keywords: microaggression, nonverbal actions, verbal actions, dicriminant, ingroup, outgroup, stress, and self-esteem.
great example!
DeleteMicroaggression involves making comments or doing certain actions consisting stereotyping of different races, gender, age, and etc. Such as saying women belong in the kitchen or I should have that Asian do my homework because they are all geniuses. This article mainly focuses on racial microaggressions and that might be because they are the most recognized in the United States with all of the different ethnicities that are now living here.
ReplyDeleteThere are 3 types of microaggressions and they are microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. Microassaults are intentional actions that are discriminating and are conscious. An example would be arranged marriages or not allowing your white daughter to date a black male. In the article it talks about using racial epithets and having a public display of swastikas. Microinsults are a little different, due to being verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that can portray insensitivity to someone racially and end up insulting their heritage or identity. Microinvalidation is when communicating with another person and assuming things based on the color of their skin. Such as asking someone where they were born because they don’t look like they should’ve been born in the United States. The impact of microaggressions on someone can make them feel excluded and untrustworthy. They feel like second-class citizens and abnormal, because they are being discriminated against. This can create hostile environments at work or other places where these interactions occur.
When people make women jokes about how we shouldn’t have jobs or be taken seriously, it kind of bothers me. I understand that they may be thinking it’s harmless humor, but sometimes people can take it too far. I was hanging out with a group of guys one time and they wanted me to make them a sandwich because it’s the only thing I’m good at. It was degrading after they kept picking at it and never gave it up. At first it was funny, but then it started to bother me.
Key Terms: Microaggression, verbal and nonverbal communication, message, stress, stereotypes
Microagression is the brief and everday slights, insults and indignities and denigrating messages sent to others by well intentioned people who are unaware of the hidden messages being communicated. Can include subtle agressions towards gender, race, age, sexual orientation, etc.
ReplyDeleteClassifications of Microagression include Microassaults, which is conscious and intentional discriminatory actions, Mircroinsults, which is verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that subtly convey rudeness and insensitivity that demean a person's racial heritage or identity, and thirdly, Microinvalidations, which is communications that sublty exlcude negate or nullify the thoughts, feelings or experiential reality of a person of color.
The potential impact of these sutble acts of aggression is that it assails the mental health of recipients(stress), it creates a hostile and invalidating work or campus climate, it perpetuates stereotype threat, it creates physical health problems, it saturates the broader socity with cues that signal devaluation of social group identities, it lowers work productivity and problem solving skills, and it's responsible for creating inequities in education, employment and health care.
I have experienced being microaggressed against. A reoccurring situation is people constantly telling me that my english is very good and attritube me speaking english to me having been in the U.S for a couple of years. I feel as though sometimes people know that their actions are slightly offensive. I find the comments to be demeaning because it feels as though my intellect is being challenged and as though my relation with others is dependent on how good my english is.
Keywords: Microaggresion, Self-Esteem, Stress, concept of Ingroup vs. Outgroup, Mental Health, and Aggresion.
This is an excellent example that I think is unfortunately too common!
DeleteMicroaggression is the idea that specific interactions between those of different races, cultures, or genders can be interpreted as small acts of mostly non-physical aggression. There are three types of microaggression: microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. Microassaults are conscious and intentional discriminatory acts. Microinsults are verbal, non-verbal, and environmental communications that subtly convey rudeness that demean a person's racial identity or heritage. Microinvalidations are communications that exclude the thoughts, feelings, and experiential reality of a person of color.
ReplyDeletePotential impacts of microaggression are the person may be left feeling excluded, considered untrustworthy, feel below average or abnormal, pressured, and they may receive stereotypical judgments.
I experienced microaggression at my job in high school. I worked in a hardware store where majority of the employees were men. I was a cashier and was treated differently than the people who work on the floor.One of the cashiers was even told that she couldn't do something because she "was only a cashier". There was also a difference in gender treatment. Only the guys were trained in certain things and if a task needed to be done and there was a guy cashier and a girl cashier, the guy cashier would always be asked. The girls were considered unfit for the task. It made me angry that they would play favorites and that I was treated different because of my gender.
Terms: Microaggression, verbal, non-verbal, communication, race, gender, culture, discrimination, identity, and stereotype.
Microaggressions is similar to racism except that it is quiet and at times unconsciously known. The article shows how good Samaritans in society display microaggressions towards people and are not aware of their actions. Microaggresions are shown by brief slights, insults, indignities and denigrating message sent to people of color.
ReplyDeleteThere are three different levels of Microaggressions that are Microassaults, Microinsults, and Microinvalidations. Microassualts is when conscious discrimination is made towards a person with racial epithets, displaying white supremacist symbols, and not allowing children to date outside of their race. Microinsults involves verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that subtly convey rudeness and insensitivity that demean a person’s heritage. Microinvalidations is when communication reject the thoughts, feelings or experiential reality of a person of color. According to the article Microinsults and Microinvalidations are more harmful because they are invisible.
The potential impact of these subtle acts are that these acts are so subtle that either party may not understand what they are feeling or understand what is happening. These subtle acts can assail the mental health of recipients, create a hostile and invalidating work or campus climate, perpetuate stereotype threat, create physical health problems, saturate the broader society with cues that signal devaluation of social group identities, lower work productivity and problem solving abilities, and be partially responsible for creating inequities in education, employment and health care.
I have not experienced microaggression nor have I witnessed it happen to someone else.
Terms: Microaggression, racism, conscious, verbal, nonverbal, communication, stereotype, and social group
I bet you have, but just haven't realized it has happened.
Deletemicroaggression is similar to racism but it can be more than being racist, it can be against a persons race, age, sexual orientation. It is also more like a hidden message or unconsciously said. Microassaults are conscious racial actions and not just remarks. Microinsults are verbal and nonverbal conscious racial remarks or actions. Microinvalidations are when a person nullifies the thoughts or feelings of a person of color. According to the article, subtle acts of aggression are more hurtful than direct acts of aggression because neither of the people know what is exactly happening. They make the target feel abnormal, untrustworthy, or second class. I have been microaggressed before because I am Native American and some people do use microvalidations against us. Some really frequent ones are being asked if we still live in tipis. Some people might think they are just being curious but it is offending some times.
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Microaggressions are simple actions or words that are many times carrying out a prejudice against a certain type or group of people. Microagressions can easily go unnoticed by both the aggressor and the receiver. Microassults, microinsults and microvalidations are each a classification of microagressions. Microassults are discriminatory actions such as not associating with a person because of their race or religious affiliation. Microinsults are putting down another type of person because of a stereotype that particular group typically has, such as making an African American man feel bad about not being good at sports because ‘All African American men are good at sports’ and microvalidations are subtly being negative or insensitive towards a certain group of people. Even though microagressions are small, subtle actions or words they can be very hurtful to the people they are targeted toward. If microagressions are used frequently they may turn into full blown racism, sexism or other forms of prejudice and hate. One example of a microagression that I’ve witnessed is when I’m out with the elderly woman I am a caregiver for. We were at the post office one day and she explained to the postmaster how she wanted a package sent to her daughter, he didn’t understand what she meant so he turned to me and asked me what she was trying to say. The postmaster didn’t think that the elderly woman, I work for, was capable of knowing what she wanted and he treated her quite poorly. She’s very capable of making her own decisions and in the end the Postmaster finally tried to listen to what she was saying and sent her package just the way she requested.
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Microaggression is like racism in the fact that we look down on someone due to race, gender and age. It is used in a subtle form so that not everyone picks up that you are stereotyping someone right in front of that person. It is a way for people to pick their ingroup by judging.
ReplyDeleteMicroassaults: are conscious and intentional discriminatory actions, like when racial groups fly flags or show symbols of white power.
Microinsults: Verbal, nonverbal and environmental communications that subtly convey rudeness and insensitivity that demean a persons race or identity. This would be like going up to a African-American that you see driving a expensive car and ask them how they could afford that car, thinking that they sold drugs or stole stuff to buy it.
Microinvalidations: communications that subtly exclude negative or nullify the thoughts, feelings or experimental reality of a persons color. Going up to a Hispanic and asking him what is like back home, you are thinking they were not born here and are illegal.
These acts of aggression can cause people to feel depressed all the time, makes them feel unwanted and that they are some sort of outsider. Even if they were born in the United States and have only lived here it makes them feel unwanted, unappreciated and unloved. This can grow on a person mentally and after awhile it could cause them to act out in violence towards others.
I have had this happen to me. Prior to loosing my wife, she was going through a bunch of different treatments for her cancer. In the process of all her treatment's she lost her hair, so me and a bunch of guys I worked with shaved our heads for her. During that time I was working as a paramedic in Denver, and I am a big white guy with a bunch of tattoo's and I was working a area of Denver that was a majority of African-American's. Well my partner was a Hispanic female and we got a call to an elderly female that was having chest pain. The minute I walked in the door she refused to let me work on her, she thought I was a part of some racist group. She even throw a picture frame at me to get me to leave her house. After my partner tried explaining to her why I had a shaved head she was still against me for my shaved head. Once she got settled into the hospital by boss went to go see her (it was her grandson) and took me with him and explained to her why it was that way and that is why he shaved his head also.
Keywords: microaggression, ingroup, stereotype, racism
Also sounds a lot like the fundamental attribution error!
DeleteMicro aggressions are every day conversations and complements that are truly insults, indignities and denigrating messages sent to people of certain races, genders, groups. They are hard to pick up on and usually are made by people who are moral right people. There are multiple classification of microaggressions. First is a microassalt, this is a conscious and intentional discriminatory action such as parents not letting their gay son date males. Next microinsults are anytime of communication action that is rude or insensitivity that demeans a person in anyway. Finally, microinvalidations are communications that aren’t really thought about felling’s or experiential reality of a person of color. The research suggests that microinsults and microinvalidations are more harmful because they are less noticeable as an insult. This walking away feeling insulted but not knowing why. Also if a person is ask a question that puts them in a hard place it is hard to get out of it because they can answer one way and me judged or I can answer it the other way and I may or may not be judged more. This slow attack on groups ego can drain their drive to be a good citizen and not contribute to society because they feel like there is not point because they are so second rate and there is no way they can be useful. I think this is a really hard thing for me to think about not because it has never happened before but I don’t think about what people say or care enough to let it bother me. So keeping it on the lighter side, so before coming to college I didn’t drink really, but coming to USD that seemed to change rather quick. But to my surprise I could hold my alcohol rather well so someone told me, “you can handle your alcohol pretty good for a freshman.” I mean it was just another fresh man joke so it was not a attack on my race or anything like that so it did not really make me think about it.
ReplyDeleteInterpersonal communication as an interactional process in which one person sends a message to another.
Electronically mediated communication is interpersonal communication that takes place via technology.
Nonverbal communication is the transmission of meaning from one person to another through means or symbols other than words.
Proxemics is the study of people’s use of interpersonal space. Personal space is a zone of space surrounding a person that is felt to “belong” to that person.
Display rules are norms that govern the appropriate display of emotions in culture.
Kinesics is the study of communication through body movements.
Paralanguage includes all vocal cues other than the content of the verbal message itself.
Nonverbal sensitivity- the ability to accurately encode (express) and decode (understand) nonverbal cues.
Self-disclosure is the act of sharing information about yourself with another person .
Communication apprehension, or anxiety caused by having to talk with others.
Defensiveness- an excessive concern with protecting oneself from being hurt.
Interpersonal conflict exits whenever two or more people disagree.
Assertiveness involves acting in one’s own best interests by expressing one’s thoughts and feelings directly and honestly.
Hi Blake - you only need to make a keyword list for words that you've used in your writing and you don't need to define them.
DeleteMicroaggressions are hidden aggressions that we do not realize are happening. These microaggressions almost appear to be subconscious. The three classifications of microaggressions are microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. Microassaults are conscious and intentional discriminatory actions. Microinsults are Verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that subtly convey rudeness and insensitivity that demean a person's racial heritage or identity. Microinvalidations are Communications that subtly exclude negate or nullify the thoughts, feelings or experiential reality of a person of color. An example of a microassault would be things such as displaying a confederate flag, or a swastika. An example of microinsults would be an employee who asks an employee of another race how they got their job, in which they are saying that they played the “race card” in order to land it. An example of microinvalidations would be asking a person of another ethnicity where they were born. Racial microaggressions can impact another of another minority in major ways. These impacts include: assail the mental health of recipients, create a hostile and invalidating work or campus climate, perpetuate stereotype threat, create physical health problems, saturate the broader society with cues that signal devaluation of social group identities, lower work productivity and problem solving abilities, be partially responsible for creating inequities in education, employment and healthcare. I believe that almost everyone experiences racial microagression at some point. For instance, I live in a town of 2,000 people in Wisconsin in which the majority of people are white, along with a few African Americans, as well as a few Latinos. I do not feel threatened by the people of other ethnicities in the town I come from, but as soon as I go to Milwaukee, where the majority of the people are of other races, I feel threatened, even if I am just driving through the city I feel threatened. I could never pinpoint this, but I feel that racial microaggression would be the cause of this.
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This article was particularly pertinent to me because I have witnessed a great deal of microaggression. Microaggression is displaying a personal prejudice against a certain group of people. This prejudice can be conscious but sometimes it is subconscious; the individual does not even realize they are doing it. This makes the problem extremely complex. To raise awareness and combat the issue, the invisible has to become visible. The authors of this article describe three types of microaggression. First is microassults. These are classified as openly discriminatory acts. An individual is consciously displaying prejudice. The other two categories are much more subtle. The first is microinsults. These result from verbal or nonverbal communication that demeans another individual’s racial identity. The final type is microinvalidations which function to negate the reality, thoughts, or feelings of an individual of color. These subtle microaggressions can have an extremely harmful impact. The individual exhibiting these aggressions may not realize they are in fact displaying them. If they are told, they can become defensive because they truly believe they are good, moral citizens. The individuals who are the target of microaggressions can be made to feel abnormal, or like a second class citizen. These microaggressions can also enforce stereotypes. We have already discussed the potential harm of stereotypes in class. Microaggressions deepen inequality.
ReplyDeleteI have been fortunate to meet many individuals from Africa, and I have become close friends with them. When we go out, or even when we make a quick trip to Wal-Mart, I witness microaggression. They are treated differently. Snide remarks and looks are made when we walk by. I grew up in a small town, and my parents are intolerant of African Americans. They display microassults. It was extremely hard for me to accept this. I felt angry, frustrated, and disappointed. Coping with these situations is difficult. I think the best solution is to be aware of these microaggressions and attempt to combat them by being open and resisting the natural tendency to make quick judgments about others.
Keywords: microagressions, inequality, stereotypes, coping
Microaggression is basically acting on racist feelings that are unconscious. So, accidentally and blindly being racist or acting on stereotypes you don't actually believe in. There are 3 different classifications of Microaggression: Microassaults, Microinsults, and Microinvalidations. Microassaults are conscious and intentional discriminatory actions, but claiming not to be super racist. This could be a parent not letting their child date outside their race, etc. Microinsults are verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that subtly convey rudeness and insensitivity that insult a person's race. The example give in the article is if an employee who asks a co-worker of color how they got their job, assuming they might have landed it in relation to their race. Microinvalidations are communications that "subtly exclude negate or nullify the thoughts, feelings or experiential reality of a person of color." This could include asking someone of a different color where they were born, assuming that they immigrated.
ReplyDeleteMicroaggression has a big impact that most are unaware of because people aren't aware of these actions and the people of color that are victim don't understand why they feel victimized either, sometimes. Not only can this cause the person of color to feel hurt, left out, untrustworthy, and not normal, leading to a low self-esteem, but it can lead to serious problems, too. The article lists these: assail the mental health of recipients, create a hostile and invalidating work or campus climate, perpetuate stereotype threat, create physical health problems, saturate the broader society with cues that signal devaluation of social group identities, lower work productivity and problem solving abilities, and be partially responsible for creating inequities in education, employment and health care.
There have been times when I have experienced microaggression happening either by my fault or others. An example being, last year I got hit on in an elevator by a really cute black guy, and he was nice and got my number. After talking to him for a bit, I felt myself being turned off by the idea of dating him and couldn't really put a finger on it. I came to realize that I thought that I would have received a negative reaction from my family members if I had brought home a black boyfriend. It was weird and unsettling that I thought this, because my parents are not racist by any means. Then I got to thinking about it, and when I picture my wedding in my head, I picture a generic looking white man at the end of the aisle.
I catch myself being microaggressive with older people, too. I forget that the elderly people were once young, too. It's easy to avoid talking to older people because you assume that their view points and opinions are going to be completely different from yours because they come from a reserved, older generation. I have found myself hiding stories from my grandparents about gay friends I have met at school. Then, one time I was speaking with my aunt who had just attended her friends' wedding - two women - and I asked her if Grandpa had known she had gone. She said that Grandpa was surprisingly okay with it, and I was very surprised by that. I also had an older friend that I waited on a lot in high school at a restaurant. After finally befriending him and sitting and chatting with him, I've come to discover he is much more open-minded than I had thought he'd be.
Keywords: microaggressions, stereotypes, self-esteem
Great examples, Kelsey!
DeleteFirst - The author writes an entire article describing how harmful these microaggressions are, yet he deliberately sets “Whites” apart as the only racist group, not even a race—a color, rather. Is that not a microaggression itself, adding to what is already a problem?
ReplyDeleteAccording to the article, microaggression is when a “White” subconsciously reveals their prejudice against all minorities through small slip-of-the-tongue comments that he/she doesn’t realize are racist. “Many well-intentioned Whites consciously believe in and profess equality, but unconsciously act in a racist manner, particularly in ambiguous situations” and “Racial microaggressions are the brief and everyday slights, insults, indignities and denigrating messages sent to people of color by well-intentioned White people who are unaware of the hidden messages being communicated.” Despite this article’s content, microaggressions can actually be made regarding any prejudice –against any race (and from any race..), gender, sexuality, age, etc.
Different classifications of microaggressions include microassaults, in which the microaggression is deliberate and physical; microinsults, in which the microaggression insults the person’s racial heritage or identity; and microinvalidations, which are microaggressions that demean the feelings of another person, invalidating them as a person due to prejudice.
There are many potential impacts of microaggressions. A microaggression is a prejudice based on a stereotype that exists in someone’s mind even if they don’t realize it. Upon exhibiting this stereotype through a microaggression, the impacted person can be made to feel inferior, perhaps causing stress and reduced self-esteem or self-concept. The prejudices underlying microaggressions can make those individuals part of your out-group and subject to unnecessary out-group denigration. This creates an uncomfortable or hostile living environment for these individuals, contributing to ambient stress and health problems.
I can think of a few microaggressions I have experienced. Once, upon hiring an additional employee, I was told by my employer that he had “hired another pretty blonde girl,” which was supposed to be a compliment but basically boiled all my hard work and dedication to the job into one thing- my appearance. I’ve also been told that I “dance well for a white girl.” So because I am Caucasian, I should of course be incapable of dancing. These comments may have a good intention behind them, but they still cause anger. I didn’t necessarily feel bad about myself, but my opinion of these individuals changed, as I now saw them as ignorant.
Microaggression, ambient stress, self-esteem, self-concept, snap judgment, out-group, out-group denigration
Microaggressions are typically defined as brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental slurs or indignities that can be intentional or unintentional towards an individual or group of individuals of a stereotyped organization (race, sexual orientation, gender, age, etc).
ReplyDeleteThe article separated microaggressions into three categories: microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. Microassaults are the conscious and intentional discriminatory actions. An example provided in the article was disallowing interracial dating within the family. Microinsults, however, are generally unintentional and subconscious verbal or nonverbal communications that subtley convey rudeness and insensitivity, this can also occur in environmental situations. An example used in the article hinted at affirmative action in the reception of a large job. Microinvalidations are unconscious and unintentional as well, these are communications that subtly exclude, negate, or nullify the thoughts, feelings, or experiential reality of the individual or group of individuals being discriminated towards. The example provided in the article was asking a Latino-American of his birthplace.
The impact of these microaggressions can be high, the article described them very thoroughly in reference to racial microaggression and it reminded me of a chronic stressor. The article was highly interesting to me, but I was very skeptical reading through it. I feel, personally, that the article itself was a microaggression. The article did a very thorough job of describing racial microaggressions to every race other than the caucasians. Caucasians are discriminated towards as well, particularly since they are no longer the lone majority in our country. However, the caucasian was always made to be the perpetrator in this article. I understand that microaggressions focus on other aspects of an individual’s personality or characteristics, however, the article in and of itself was fairly biased. I also feel a lot of these ‘slights’ were in fact, very slight. Asking someone where they were born to me is just another way to get to know them, to understand more about their history and their personality. A male from California will act differently than a male from North Dakota, or even a female for that matter. I do not take this as a rebuff in any way, and feel that several of these minor infractions are ideas that are just fishing to be discriminatory.
Microaggression does happen in everyday life, although I disagree with the article I do understand and believe that it is a part of daily life. Particularly with social media growing as wildly as it has been, microaggression is only easier to participate in. An example of this could be something as simple speaking with male members of the dance team and assuming their sexual orientation. I was speaking with a new member this year who happened to be male and he told me his sexual orientation right away, as if I were assuming one way or another. Or a microaggression could be something as big as speaking to a female in a position of authority, wondering how she attained the position, perhaps assuming it came from promiscuous ways. This weekend I attended the drag show and the lead Queen went around to a few males asking their sexual orientation, only choosing one who had answered that he was homosexual in order to take him on-stage for a section of her performance. During this though, she completely skipped over the heterosexuals.
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Microaggression is an unconscious insult or degrading message that is reflected on people of color by a well-intentioned White person who does not even realize that they were doing such a thing.
ReplyDeleteThere are three different classifications of microaggressions. The first would be microassults which is the only one in which the person is being intentionally hurtful to a person of color. This could be using racial slurs or even symbols that represent the white race. The second classification is microinsults. These would be verbal, nonverbal and environmental communications that are totally insensitive to a person's identity. The last classification is microinvalidations. This includes communication that excludes and negates the thoughts and feelings of a person of color. The last two are considered the most hurtful because they are unconscious actions.
The potential impacts of these subtle microagressions is that people of color often have to feel excluded, untrustworthy, second-class citizens, and abnormal. These people often feel trapped in a stereotype because not all people of a certain race are the same but they still get treated this way. This kind of treatment to colored people drains them psychologically and spiritually and contributes to fatigue and racial frustration and anger. The overall study has found that these impacts hurt the mental health of these people, create hostile work and campus climate, perpetuate stereotype threat, create physical health problems, send signals that devaluate social group identities, lower work productivity and problem solving abilities, and are partially responsible for creating inequalities in education, employment, and health care. All of these things takes a big tole on a person's self-esteem.
My situation is kind of funny because I have many friends that are of color and my boyfriend is actually black. There was a time that I was jokingly running from him and he told me to stop and come back. At the moment i did not understand what he was talking about. He told me that people will assume that he did something to me if I run from him. In my mind I was thinking ya right you are over exaggerating but the truth of it is that this is actually true. If it was a white couple, no one would even look twice but because it was a big black guy chasing a white girls the perceptions where much different. This is an example of microagression.
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Great example...I would have thought the exact same thing as you but I can definitely see his point of view looking back on it now.
DeleteMicroaggression is when people make slight insults, sending denigrating messages to people of color. These subtle indecencies may also extend to people based on their gender, race, age, sexual orientation, and much more. There are three main classifications of microaggression, microassaults, microinvalidations, and microinsults. Microassaults include the conscious actions taken, for example, displaying White supremacist symbols or using racial epithets. Microinsults are the nonverbal, verbal, and environmental communications that subtly convey rudeness that demeans a person’s racial heritage or identity. This happens when an employee asks a co-worker of color how he or she got the job, implying that they may have landed it through an affirmative action or quota system. Microinvalidations are the communications that subtly negate the thoughts or feelings of a person. This happens when a White person asks a Latino where they were born, singling them out as a foreigner.
ReplyDeleteThese subtle acts of aggression can have many potential impacts, many harmful and unnecessary. Stereotypes and prejudice can easily come from these behaviors. For example, people of color report being watched in stores, feeling untrustworthy. This constant feeling of oppression and racism can lead to depression, stress, and other negative consequences. Sadly, I have definitely witnessed microaggression many times. Down south I see confederate flags being proudly displayed, putting down colored people. I have also experienced this in the geriatric hospital where I work. I constantly hear subtle comments from nurses and staff about the elderly patients. They generalize all patients as old and incompetent when that is clearly not true. It was sad to witness, but it happens everyday.
Stereotypes, prejudice, depression, heritage, identity, racism, stress
Microaggressions are seemingly unconscious discriminatory acts that are made against any certain group of people whether they are of a different race, gender, sexual orientation, or age. Any type of stereotype is at risk of being microaggressed against. There are three different types of these microaggressions. There are microinsults, microassults, and microinvalidations. Microinsults are verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that may subtly demean a person’s heritage or identity. Microassults are conscious and intentional discriminatory acts, and microinvalidations are communications that may subtly negate, exclude, or nullify the thoughts or feelings of a person of a different color.
ReplyDeleteMicroinsults and microinvalidations are more harmful for the fact that they are not as visible as what microassults are. They put a heavier burden on a person’s psyche which, in turn, also lessens their energy. I, myself, have not experienced any microaggression against myself, or if I did then I did not recognize it. I have, however, witnessed someone else being microaggressed against. It was in my senior year of high school, and I was dating a man of a different race. When we were out one day, someone came up to us with disgust and asked me what I was doing with him. Long story short, I gave him a piece of my mind and then we left. I am not sure if this counts as a microaggression or just racism, but either way it was not something that I was going to tolerate.
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Your example seems more like blatant racism, but it is unacceptable nonetheless! Sounds like you had a moment of low self-monitoring, just telling him what you felt!
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ReplyDeleteA microaggression is a brief insult or hidden message that is being sent by a way of displaying prejudice or discrimination to a race, age, gender, or ethnicity or even a religion of an individual. These messages are usually sent outside of a conscious level and some are unaware of the way they are affecting the individuals or a different race. These hidden messages can be based on a person’s appearance or their beliefs. The characteristics of those of different races are sometimes blocked by the stereotype behind their race or ethnicity causing the microagressions to take place more easily. There are different classifications of microagressions. The first type is microassults. A microassult is a conscious intentional discriminatory action. An example of this would be telling your daughter or son that he or she cannot date outside of their own race. The second classification is a microinsult. A microinsult is a verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communication that subtly conveys rudeness and insensitivity that demean a person's racial heritage or identity. In other words, this means inferring that a certain thing happened just because of a person’s race. The article uses the example of asking someone of a different race how they got their job implying that they may have just been given the job because of their race. The third classification is a microinvalidation. Microinvalidations are things that exclude and negate the thoughts and feelings of a person of another color. An example of this would be asking a Latino where they were born implying that they were not born here but on their own land.
These acts have potential impacts. Because of the fact that sometimes neither the offender or the one being secretly offended knows what is going on, the impacts can be psychologically harmful. People who experience microagressions often times feel excluded or out of place. These people might feel abnormal and feel as though they are always being watched. The mental health of those experiencing microagressions could be harmed as well. The stereotypes will harm these people’s self-esteem.
I have experienced microagressions. My mom used to work at Old Navy. She would tell me how people that she worked with were always more skeptical and watched the door more when the Native American’s would come in and shop during the Christmas and Thanksgiving time sales. I have also noticed on certain sports teams how the kids of one race or color tend to always hang out more with the same race than with other races. I hate to admit this, but when I am in my own neighborhood I never tend to lock my car. However, when I am in a big city where there are more diverse kinds of people I sometimes always tend to lock my car because for some reason I feel like there is more of a chance of somebody getting into my car. There is a girl in my high school who would never be partners with the African American’s because she felt like they did not try as hard in school and she would always feel like she would get stuck with all the work. Even though it is a terrible thing, the more that I think about it, the more common microagressions actually are. I also had another friend in high school who could not control her facial expressions very well. She would make mean glaring faces at the native american’s in our school. Her nonverbal judgements were not easily hidden.
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I believe microagression to be when an interactions between someone of a different race, culture, gender, or difference in anything is interpreted as negative or aggression.
ReplyDeleteThe following are the three different types of microaggressions:
MICROASSAULTS: Microassaults are when the acts of negativity are conscious or controlled. This type of microaggression is often on purpose.
MICROINSULTS: Microinsults are when the negative actions are subtle, such as a verbal, nonverbal, and environmental factors. This type of microaggression is often small “back handed compliments” or implying that one does not deserve equalities.
MICROINVALIDATIONS: Microinvalidation is when the communication is negatively yet subtly implied. This type of microaggression is often very suggestive.
I have definitely been a witness to microaggression in my family. My grandma was very set in her ways and often did not want to be rude or invade; however, she would very sneakily say what was on her mind. If you knew my grandma, you could figure out her opinion on just about anything just by the way she reacted non-verbally. She did not agree with gay rights, did not appreciate tattoos, and did not approve of different races. However, she was never actually mean or rude to them; instead, she subtly let them (and everyone else) how she felt. Do not get me wrong, she was one of the most welcoming people that you could have ever met; however, she let you know what was on her mind through microaggression.
The terms I used include the following: microaggression, conscious, and non-verbal communication.
After reading the article, microaggressions, from what I understand, is a small form of racism characterized by different behaviors that people do, but may not necessarily know they are doing since they are don’t consider themselves to be racist. Microaggressions are typically classified into three areas: microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. Microassaults are conscious and intentional discriminatory actions; microinsults are those actions, words, or behaviors that are unconscious and typically considered rude and demeaning; lastly, microinvalidations are communications that negate or exclude the thoughts and/or feelings of a person of color. These behaviors can sometimes be considered more harmful than hate crimes, meaning they can have a bigger impact on a person of color; they can bring negative thoughts and feelings upon that person. I cannot think of a particular time when I have seen or experienced this type of behavior. I more than likely have been in a situation where this has happened, but it is such a small thing that I didn’t realize what was going on.
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Microaggressions are insults or degrading statements or signs that the sender sees as noninsulting while the receiver deems offensive. Microaggression comes in three forms: microassults, microinsults, and microinvalidation. Microassults are epithets that people consciously display. Microinsults are communications that the sender does not mean to convey rudeness or to demean the reciever, but it does. Microinvalidations are statements that negate thoughts or feelings. Microaggression towards another can bring about feelings of alienation, and further stereotypes. In highschool, my friend said that farmers had it easy. This was offensive, as farmers have one of the hardest jobs there is. At first this statement really bothered me, but it made me think about all the work I had put in, and all I had achieved at such a young age. It actually boosted my selfesteem in the end.
ReplyDeleteMicroaggressions are brief, unconscious comments or actions that are meant to be positive, but actually have a negative connotation. This can be in a racial way, gender-specific, and other discriminatory ways. It is intended to be a compliment, but because of the jist of the comment. Microassaults are conscious and intentional discriminatory actions. Microinsults are subtle verbal or nonverbal communications that jab at a person's race or identity. Microinvalidations are communications that purposely yet subtly portray negative thoughts or feelings. The impact that these can have on people are more intense than what people want to believe. Because of the derogatory comments, people may assume all others are the same and categorize the commenting race into something they are not.
ReplyDeleteIn my own experience of microaggression, I have found that it really pisses me off. I work in a Care Center with a lot of other college students. Because of this, many of my older co-workers and bosses automatically assume that because I am a college student, that I am ditzy and only am working there for the money. It pushes me further away from the people that make those comments and makes me want to all-together ignore them.
Key Terms: Verbal, Conscious, Racism, Identity
This article is about Racial Microaggressions. A racial microaggression is the act where whites consciously believe in and profess equality, but unconsciously act in a racist manner. Thus, a microagression could be the positive belief that a person preaches, but their subconscious makes them act in an opposing way. The different classifications of microaggressions are microassults, microinsults, and microvalidations. Microassults are intentional discriminatory acts like using supremacist symbols or not allowing interracial dating. Microinsults are verbal, nonverbal and environmental communications that convey rudeness such as asking a coworker about their qualification through affirmative action. Microinvalidations are communications that nullify the feelings of a race, such as asking a Latino where they were born, assuming that they are foreign. These actions can have harmful impact on those whom are transgressed. They feel excluded, abnormal, and second class. These feelings can lead to mental health problems, hostile work environments, stereotype perpetuation, physical health problems, and a broader separations of social identities that can lead to inequities. I recently saw a dateline where they had an actor publicly microinsulting an Islamic gas station clerk. Most of the time nobody in the store would say anything or step up. In most cases, they all abided by the social influence of conformity. No one wanted to break the group to confront this person. The one person that did step up was a soldier. But this is another example of the social pressure to stay within the group.
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Microaggressions come in many forms and express prejudices against many different people. Overall, microaggressions are small actions, words, or decisions that send a message of prejudice to someone else whether it be racism, sexism, or other form. Whether it be a women pulling her purse closer when she passes an African American man on the street or a man wearing a swastika on his clothing. Some times the people committing microaggressions don’t feel they are prejudice and do not see their actions as prejudice.
ReplyDeleteIn the article we were assigned to read the author talked about three specific types of microaggressions: microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. Microassults are slightly different from other forms of microaggressions as they are often aware of their prejudice and are intentionally conveying their beliefs. Microinsults on the other hand are messages both verbal and nonverbal that convey rudeness and insensitivity towards a minority group. Finally microinvalidations are communications that invalidate the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of a minority person.
All of these types of microaggressions can have harmful impacts although micoinsults and mincroinvalidations are often most severe because they are invisible to most people outside the effected group. Microaggressions make the targeted groups feel excluded, untrustworthy, second-class citizens, and abnormal. They can also have negative mental health effects, create a hostile environment, perpetuate stereotypes, cause physical health problems, and microaggressions can be partially responsibly for creating inequities in education, employment, and healthcare.
I haven’t really noticed any microaggressions against myself but I have watched people commit microaggressions against a close friend of mine. My friend likes to wear clothes that would be considered gothic, black with chains and spikes all over. Some people were afraid of her and would change their path so they wouldn’t have to walk by her. Even though she was one of the sweetest people I had ever met people would judge her by how she dressed. I would get angry when people did things like that to her but she would just let it roll off of her. She had a really good self-esteem and self-actualization. She knew who she was and was proud of who she was.
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Self-actualization
Microaggression are interactions between different groups that is discriminative. Microaggression can be classified three ways. Microassults are when people do discriminative actions that they purposefully. Microinsults is communication between other that are discriminatory with verbal or nonverbal communication. Microvalidations is discriminatory communication that are subtle and some may not even be aware of. The impact subtle acts of aggression could have is that the could feel excluded, abnormal, or a like a second rate citizen. I have been microaggressed against. It was expensive restaurant and my friend and I had got reservations to eat there. When we entered we could feel the eyes of the staff wondering why we were here because of age. During the meal we would get glances and everyone was always served before us whether it was drinks, food, or bill. We paid the bill and gave a proper tip and put a smile on the bill. We were upset about the service but we were able to show them we could pay and that we still respected them.
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Racial microaggression is basically when a person subconsciously acts racist or hurtful toward a person of another ethnicity, color, gender, whatever it may be; they don’t realize that they are acting in a hurtful manner toward them. There are three classifications of microaggression, micro assaults, Micro insults, and Micro validations. Micro assaults are defined as conscious and intentional discriminatory actions. Micro insults are defined as verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that subtly convey rudeness and insensitivity that demean a person’s racial heritage or identity. And Micro validations are defined in the article as communications that subtly exclude negate or nullify the thoughts, feelings, or experiential reality of a person of color. These Microaggressions can impact a person’s life in numerous ways. They can hurt the mental health of the recipients, creates a hostile or invalidating work or campus climate, perpetuate stereotype threat along with other things. It is difficult for me to think of one, I think maybe something that can be considered a microaggression is like when a person asks my brother, who has cerebral palsy, if he can do certain things, and asking him how he is able to do some things, I think that people really don’t think they are doing anything wrong by asking these things because they just want to know but sometimes I think it hurts his feelings that people don’t think he can do some things, like open a door or walk up stairs, when he really can.
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ReplyDeleteMicroaggressions are certain actions or communication that are intended to kind but can be seen as negative. These can take place under racial, cultural or gender contexts. There are three different kinds of this aggressive communication. These are microinsult, microassult and microinvalidation. Microinsult occurs when an individual attempts to compliment someone but instead insults them or their beliefs. Microassult occurs when someone intentionally verbally insults someone. Microinvalidation occurs when communication is done without psychological feelings or thoughts of someone. The impacts of these acts of aggression can be anger or hurt feelings.
ReplyDeleteI have seen microaggression many times at my job at the Human Services Center. Some employees automatically assume that these patients with mental illnesses are not aware of their surroundings or their illnesses. Often times some employees talk to them in demeaning tones or over explain things. They also assume that since they have a mental illness they are not able to answer questions on their own and sometimes talk for them. Whenever I see this behavior it makes me irritated and I always have to remind myself that these employees are just trying to help the patient not insult them.
Terms: Microagression, microinsult, microinvalidation, microassult, communication
Microaggressions are acts made by people empowered by stereotypes, pointed toward others. After reading this article, I completely understood where this all stems from but I do not necessarily agree with it. I understand that everyone feels that the opposite race, gender, or what have it, are showing microaggressions toward you; it's natural. But take a step back and think about it. For example, a black man gets offended because a white woman holds her purse closer to her when they walk past each other. But in reality, she does that no matter who she walks past. So just because she was white, the black man assumed she did that because he was black. Now why isn't that assumption considered a microaggression? Like I said, I understand microaggression isn't always stemmed from race but I feel like it is the most prominent.
ReplyDeleteI can't say I notice a whole lot of microaggression from my work place but I do notice it some of my classes. The typical asian stereotype comes to mind. I figure most of the times I hear about asians being better at math it is more of a joke but I can understand how if you are that asian being asked for math assistance how it can be viewed as microaggression. I see a lot of this on television as well. Network series always seem to have a ton of hidden microaggression in them. I don't even notice until now that I am thinking about what microaggression is while watched television.
Term: Microaggression
Microaggressions are prejudice or bias on groups of people who have a different race, gender, age, sexual orientation, etc. Microaggressions are basically insults on that particular group. There are three different classifications of microaggression. First, microassaults are conscious and deliberate acts of prejudice towards a person or group. Second, microinsults are any type of communication that portrays disrespect or insensitivity to belittle that group. The third microaggression is microinvalidations. Microinvalidations are when they exclude a groups/persons thoughts or feelings. These microaggressions can be very hurtful to the group they are brought upon. It can lead to mental and physical health problems, lower productivity, and often lead the person/group to anger, confusion, and frustration.
ReplyDeleteI have seen people microaggressed against and it is upsetting. I have had an experience with this as well. Last year, for one of my classes, we had to do a presentation. I was put in a group of five men. Being with five boys, they had a hard time accepting that I could provide good information. I don’t believe that they meant to portray themselves that way, but it was clear to me that they did. I felt very upset with their assumption that I would not do well on my portion of the presentation. As time went on and we got more in detail with our topic, I did prove that my information was specific and had strong research. I actually had to help another guy out with his portion of the presentation.
Key words: stereotype, conscious, prejudice/bias, self-esteem, social comparison
Microaggression can be explained as acting on unconscious racist feelings such as acting in a racist way without realizing or acknowledging it. There are three types of microaggression: microassaults, conscious and intentional discriminatory actions; microinsults, verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that subtly convey rudeness and insensitivity that insult the race of someone; and microinvalidation, communications that exclude the thoughts, feelings, or experiential reality of someone of a different race.
ReplyDeleteThe potential impact of these acts of aggression are much more dangerous than outright racist acts, because they generally go unnoticed, but still impact as much as the outright acts.
I personally have experienced microaggression through being around my friends, who were mostly guys, back home where I was always expected to clean up after our “gathering” or make breakfast because it is a stereotypical “woman’s job.”
Key terms:microagression, unconscious, microassaults, microinsults, microinvalidation, aggression, stereotypical.
Micro aggression is a concept that due to our unconscious biases, we tend to submit to subtle but improbable acts of prejudgments against race, gender, sexuality, etc.
ReplyDeleteThere are three definite types of micro aggression that are specified and they are; micro assaults, micro insults, and micro invalidations. Micro assaults are the intended and conscious intolerant actions towards a group of people. Micro insults are the nonverbal and verbalized gestures that may be potentially harmful to a person’s character or culture. Micro invalidations are judgments that may outcast the thoughts, emotions, and reality of a person of color.
The potential impact of these subtle acts of aggression can result in negative effects to the individuals’ self-esteem and their psychological and physical adjustment in today’s society.
Keywords: bias, subtle, prejudgments, micro aggression, micro assault, micro insult, micro invalidation.
Microaggressions are actions or communications that are degrading to those of a different race, culture, and gender. They are usually discriminating in manner due to prejudice or bias formed in regards to a specific group.
ReplyDeleteThere are three different types of microaggression discussed in this weeks article. The microaggressions that are discussed are microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. Microassaults are intended intolerant actions towards a specific group of people. Microinsults are gestures, both verbal and nonverbal, that may potentially be harmful in regards to a persons culture. Microinvalidations are judgements formed that may outcast/exclude a person of a different race thoughts, feelings, and ways of life. Each of these acts of aggression can be very damaging to a persons self-esteem and character. They can cause feelings of anger, sadness, and shame.
I am sure I have been in several situations where microaggressions have taken place in regards to those around me, or even me personally, but I guess I have never really paid attention or been offended enough to remember. I usually keep an open-mind and give people the benefit of the doubt, so there have probably been times where individuals around me were using acts of microaggression and I just chose to ignore it or interpret it in a non-negative manner.
Keywords: Bias, Prejudice, Microaggression, Microassault, Microinsult, Microinvalidation, Self-esteem
Microaggressions are communications or actions that aren't intended to be hurtful but can be taken as sexist, racist and degrading to cultures. Three types of microaggressions are discussed in the article.
ReplyDelete1. Microinsults- are hurtful gestures (both verbal and non-verbal).
2. Microassaults- intended and conscious actions towards a specific group of people.
3. Microinvlidations- are judgements made based on a persons race.
I'm not going to pretend I'm perfect as I know I have microgressed against people but I do try to be open-minded and not judge others. I can really only think of one time I have been microgressed against and that was when I made my decision to join the military. Growing up in a small farming town a lot of the older gentlemen had prior military service and to quite a few of them it was wrong for me to join because I am female. That was really there only reason, because of my gender. That was difficult for me because to understand but on the flip side I think there doubt pushed me to work harder .
Racial Microaggressions are the brief and everyday slights, insults, indignities and denigrating messages sent out to people over color by well-intentioned white people who are unaware of the hidden messages being communicated. There are three different classifications of microaggression which include microassaults, microinsults and microinvalidations. Microassaults are discriminatory actions that people consciously do. Microinsults are when a person subtly conveys discriminatory actions. The last classification is microinvalidations whichi s when communication subtly excludes refute the thoughts, feelings or experiential reality of a person of color. At one of my old jobs, the person hiring asked if I was Mexican and where I was from, insinuating that I was not from America. I am not Mexican, but the lady made it obvious that they wanted to hire people of color. It made me feel that I only got the job because I looked like I was a different race.
ReplyDeleteWords: conscious, microaggression, microassaults, microinsults, microinvalidations, race
Microaggression is the idea that specific interactions between those of different races, cultures, or genders can be interpreted as small acts of mostly non-physical aggression.
ReplyDeleteThe three types of microaggressions are microassaults: conscious and intentional discriminatory actions, Microinsults: Verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that subtly convey rudeness and insensitivity that demean a person's racial heritage or identity. Microinvalidations: Communications that subtly exclude negate or nullify the thoughts, feelings or experiential reality of a person of color. microaggressions potentially cause more separation between people and cultivate negative emotion into the offended group. because of the subtlety of the message the offender is likely to deny the interpreted message and increase the negative impact on the offended by labeling them oversensitive or paranoid.
I cant think of any specific instances of micro aggression but I am sure I have been on both ends of it. I feel peoples predetermined beliefs on the subject make them a self fulfilling prophecy to an extent and they are more likely to be picked up if your actively looking for them.
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Mircoaggression is somewhat like a person being racist toward someone else from a different background as then. When someone experiences microaggression, they other person does not intend for what they said to seem racist. Microaggression can be with verbal actions or nonverbal actions toward someone.
ReplyDeleteMicroaggression has been divided into three sub-groups; they are microassults, microinsults, and mircoinvalidatons. A mircoassults are conscious and intentional discriminatory actions. A mircoinsults is verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that subtly convey rudeness and insensitivity that demean a person's racial background. Microinvalidations communications that subtly exclude negate or nullify the thoughts, feelings or experiential reality of a person of color.
I have never experienced someone being mircoaggressive toward me but I have saw it happen to one of my friends. My friends is black and I have seen people look at him weird or say racist comments to him. It makes me feel so uncomfortable and feel bad because he is just a person and it doesn't matter what color his skin is, because he is still a person. I believe that none of this should happen to someone who is a different race from yourself because everyone has a right to be themselves and be treated with respect.
Key Terms: prejudice, snap judgments, stereotypes, microaggression
A microagression is a subtle insult, demeaning implication, or unconscious bias message that is sent to another person, usually a minority, by somebody who believes that they are of higher status. A couple examples of microagression include sexism and racial microagression. There are three different types of racial microagression, including microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. Microassaults are discriminatory actions that are intentional, microinsults are verbal and nonverbal communications that subtly demean a person’s race or identity, and microinvalidations are communications that subtly nullify thoughts or feelings of a person of a different race. Microinsults and microinvalidations are more harmful that microassaults because they cause the people on the receiving end to feel insulted without knowing why. In addition, the people conveying the harmful message don’t realize that they are being harmful and offensive.
ReplyDeleteThese types of microagressions can cause people to feel excluded, untrustworthy, abnormal, or like second-class citizens. Microagressions can also cause health problems, create the feeling of a hostile environment, create stereotypes, and also be responsible for the problems with inequality in the work place and education system. By stereotyping and causing the feeling of a hostile environment, these individuals may feel as if the people communicating these microagressions are an out group that they cannot identify with. I have a good friend who is a pretty big feminist, and so whenever a couple of our guy friends are around her they always make jokes about how women can’t drive or how women are supposed to stay in the kitchen. I know that it really upsets her, and honestly it upsets me as well. Overall, microagression does nothing but prevent our society from making progress.
Keywords: microaggression, stereotyping, prejudice, out group
Microaggressions
ReplyDeleteMicroaggressions are everyday insults by well meaning people of a majority group towards a minority group that are hurtful. Microaggressions are often split into three categories: microassults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. Microassults are conscious and intentional actions/slurs towards a minority group; old fashioned racism such as verbal epithets like nigger, faggot, portraying swastikas, etc... Microinsults are verbal and nonverbal communications that subtly convey rudeness and insensitivity and demean a person heritage or identity such as assuming a women of color only has her job in order to appease anti-discrimination policies. Microinvalidations are communications that suddenly exclude, negate, or nullify the thoughts of others such as only gay people can go to a drag show. Microinsults and microinvalidations are types of averse discrimination and are more common today. I've witnessed quite a few microaggressions lately probably because I'm in a diversity class so I'm sort of hyperaware to everything at the moment. One that I witnessed not too long ago was with a friend of mine who's African American. He and I attended an event together and while most of the people there were really welcoming, there was this group of about 10 or so people who kept staring at me and him. I eventually did go over and talk to this group of people, and they had no problem talking to me, but when my friend came over and joined the group, they got really uncomfortable. No one outright said anything, but you could definitely tell they didn't want him around.
Keywords: Microaggression, stress, in group/outgroup, stereotype, snap judgement
MIcroaggression is an idea that specific interactions between different races, cultures, or genders that can be interpreted in the wrong way. These interpretations are not always verbal but can also be nonverbal. Microaggressions are classified into three categories. The first category is microassaults which are conscious and intentional discriminatory acts. The second is microinsults which are verbal, nonverbal, and environmental communications that are rude and insensitive towards another race or identity. The third is microinvalidations which are communications that subtly exclude thoughts, feelings, or experiential reality of a person of color. The potential impact of these acts of aggression in extreme cases cause hate crime and on the other end a bad joke could just lead to another joke where the people involved would just laugh off the encounter. I have experienced microaggression from coworkers towards campers that come into the park. The actions are subtle but it is easy to see the true meaning behind their actions. When this happens I usually try to easy the sting of their comment but other times it can be too much and I would walk away because I grew up around many people with different backgrounds. Yes, we would say things to each other that were not politically correct but in the end we would both apologize for the words we said because we knew it wasn't right. It seems now more than when I was younger that I will call someone out for saying or doing something that could end up hurting another person or a group of people.
ReplyDeleteKey Words: microaggressions, race/identity, nonverbal and verbal communication, hate crime
Microaggression is prejudice or harmful feelings/insults against minorities that average people commit everyday, some known and some unknown. These messages can be sent verbally, physically, or environmentally (without knowing). Many times the message received is not what was intentioned by the sender. The three types of micro aggression are: Microassaults deal with conscious and intentional discriminatory actions, Microinsults deal with verbal, non-verbal, and environmental subtle clues that negate, exclude, or nullify thoughts, feelings, or experiential reality of minorities or any victims really. Finally, microinvalidations are communications that subtly exclude, negate, or nullify the thoughts and feelings of others. All are harmful to society and none help our fight against racism. Though many offenses are invisible or unseen, they can still affect individuals negatively. As a white male from South Dakota, I’ve been priviledged to be apart from showings of microaggression. I’m sure I’ve been apart or have seen microaggression, but I cannot think of anything currently.
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Microaggressions are everyday minor slights or insults that attack someone. They usually are on accident and you may not even know you are doing it. Microaggressions are usually tied to stereotypes and people interpret them as you buying into the stereotypes. Microaggressions can attack someone’s race, gender, sexual orientation, or a number of other things about someone. The attacker may not even realize they offended you because the aggressions are subtle and usually unintentional.
ReplyDeleteThere are three classifications of microaggression. These classifications are microassault, microinsult, and microinvalidation. Microassault is a type of microaggression that is meant to attack and hurt the victim by things like name-calling and avoidant behavior. Microinsult is a type of microaggression that uses rude, insensitive and demeaning communication to attack someone. Microinvalidation is a type of microaggression that uses communication to exclude and invalidate someone’s thoughts, feelings, or experience.
These microaggressions could potentially negatively impact someone’s self esteem and view about themselves. They could also affect their view on you, even if the attacks were unintentional. They may think you dislike them or think less of them.
Keywords: Microaggressions, Microinsult, Microassault, Microinvalidation, Stereotype