"Don't you go to school for free?", "You don't pay taxes!", "Do you live in a teepee?" are things Indigenous students have heard. In some cases, there is widespread agreement on what racism is. For ...
Microaggressions happen frequently, are under-reported and are often unaddressed. Racial microaggressions are common, and by their subtle and often unintentional nature, can be harder to identify and ...
If one were to read much of the psychological literature on microaggressions uncritically, one would come away with the conclusion that they are a serious problem. If so, it is very hard to discern ...
An Asian female board member speaks up in a meeting about an important issue, only to be interrupted by her white male colleagues. A security guard follows a Black man around a store at the mall to ...
They may not always be intentional, but they sting. Sometimes they come in the form of a thoughtless joke, a casual remark, or just the tone of someone’s voice. I spoke to 10 people who shared their ...