So you want to talk about...microaggressions

Please remember with all of these resources that this page is a tiny glimpse into massive issues. These are not the only good resources out there, they are just some that have been useful in teaching and giving workshops.

“If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not progress. Progress is healing the wound, and America hasn't even begun to pull out the knife." ~El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (Malcolm X)

Articles

• "It makes me feel invisible"
• 21 Racial microaggressions you hear on a daily basis
• Just walk on by: a black man ponders his power to alter public space
• A qualitative approach to intersectional microaggressions: understanding influences of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and religion

Tools

• Recognizing microaggressions and the messages they send (handout)
• Interrupting microaggressions (potential scripts)