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WORKSHOP A
WORKSHOP A
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What is Microaggression?
What is Microaggression?
Indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group.
What is Macroaggression?
What is Macroaggression?
Large scale or overt aggression towards a marginalized group.
"More insidious than those moments of outright hostility, and maybe more powerful, are the constant low-level reminders that you're different. Even when you feel like you belong, other people's reactions, stares and offhand remarks can make you feel that you don't, startlingly often.”
"More insidious than those moments of outright hostility, and maybe more powerful, are the constant low-level reminders that you're different. Even when you feel like you belong, other people's reactions, stares and offhand remarks can make you feel that you don't, startlingly often.”
GENDER MICROAGGRESSION
GENDER MICROAGGRESSION
An insidious form of gender discrimination.
Usually a subtle negative attitude conveying that one's gender or a gender's responsibility is less valuable than the dominant culture's defining identities.
RACIAL MICROAGGRESSION
RACIAL MICROAGGRESSION
An insidious form of racism and racial discrimination.
Usually an indirect discrimination against members of an alienated race.
SEXUAL MICROAGGRESSION
SEXUAL MICROAGGRESSION
An insidious form of sexualism and sexual discrimination.
Usually a subtle negative attitude conveying that one's sexuality is less-valuable than the dominant culture's defining identities.
Testimonies of people who experienced microaggression and the effects on them:
Testimonies of people who experienced microaggression and the effects on them:
EXAMPLES OF MICROAGGRESSIONS
EXAMPLES OF MICROAGGRESSIONS
Malicious statements (Ex. telling a student they won't graduate)
Telling a woman engineer that she does not "look like" an engineer
Telling someone that their sexual identity is just a phase
A woman's idea is ignored, and later accepted when repeated by a man
EXAMPLES OF MACROAGGRESSIONS
EXAMPLES OF MACROAGGRESSIONS
Not allowing certain hairstyles to be worn at school or workplaces (Ex. dreads, braids, beads etc)
Setting exams and projects on religious holidays
Making traditional clothing against the rule (Ex. Banning students from wearing headscarves)
GASLIGHTING
GASLIGHTING
If someone consistently twists the truth, forces you to question what actually happened, makes you feel like you’re going mad – that is gaslighting.
Racial gaslighting is exactly the same – only it makes the victim question their judgement on issues of racism.
It is a convenient tactic used to derail accusations of racism and shift the scrutiny onto the accuser – forcing them to question and re-asses their own response to the racism, rather than the racism itself.
A classic example of racial gaslighting is where a person of colour describes a racist interaction, only to have it immediately questioned. ‘Are you sure that’s what it was about?’, ‘Was it definitely about skin colour though?’, ‘But I don’t think that was about racism.’ What is Racial Gaslighting? If you want to read more about racial gaslighting, check out this British news article from 2020.
Let the sky be your starting point, when it is other people's limits.
Let the sky be your starting point, when it is other people's limits.
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