Niki vonLockette, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Penn State University
Race and Workplace Dyamics
Microaggressions: “brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignity that, either intentionally or unintentionally, communicates hostile, negative, or derogatory slights or insults on the basis of color, gender, or sexual orientation”
- Dr. Gerald Wing Sue, 2007
Types of Microagressions:
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Microassault
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Explicit verbal or non-verbal action of name-calling, avoidant behavior or purposeful discriminatory action.
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Microinsult
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Rudeness or insensitivity that demean a person’s identity
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Microinvalidation
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Verbal or non-verbal communication that dismisses or excludes the psychological thoughts, feelings, or experienced reality of a person of color
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Racial animus: intergroup tensions, hostility
Aversive racism: discomfort with minorities that results in avoidance behaviors
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