To the editor: I agree with Cal State Los Angeles sociologist Bradley Campbell’s logic that focusing on microaggression will make us see ourselves as victims instead of strong individuals who can ...
Female scientists face everyday, often-unintentional microaggression in the workplace, and it won't stop unless we talk about it, says Tricia Serio. Of all the questions I have been asked in my ...
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 ...
USC junior Vanessa Diaz was raised in Dallas. But at a party two years ago, she was asked if she could speak English. When Diaz became offended, the other student tried to pass off the question as a ...
I can remember having anxiety about the first day of school as early as the second grade. This wasn’t anxiety about late-night bedtimes coming to an end, or about my mom delivering me at the school ...
Sophisticated, affluent people in the United States (SAPs) have been trained through years of education to respect whatever is presented to them as “science,” even if it’s not very good science, even ...
Microaggression, brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative prejudicial ...
Two female healthcare workers of African decent, sit outside on a bench together during a break. The nurse in grey scrubs has her hand on her head and is looking visibly worn and distraught, while the ...