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1A statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group such as a racial or ethnic minority.
‘the students made signs detailing microaggressions they had heard or experienced’
‘These slights, or "microaggressions," as Franklin calls them, can build over time and ultimately explode, as it did for Bill when trying to hail a taxi.’
‘I also include a definition of racism as the system under which daily racial insults, or microaggressions, are perpetuated as "entertainment."’
‘It's hard to not read that as a microaggression, because some days I am indeed practically living on caffeinated fructose.’
‘Recent work by an associate professor of psychology at Kent State University shows how such microaggressions often produce anxiety in African-American women.’
‘Keep on raging against the machine and protesting every single microaggression you witness.’
‘Calling affirmative action "racist" is an example of a racial "microaggression," says the University of California administration.’
‘This sentence is an extremely problematic microaggression enforcing the perpetual foreignness of Asian and Latino Americans; that we do not "appear American."’
‘Yes, one microaggression alone is a small event, but they don't wash away after they occur, they add up.’
‘Enduring such microaggressions can damage one's mental health, Franklin says.’
‘Will discussion of evolution in a biology class be a microaggression against a creationist?’
1.1mass nounIndirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group.
‘they are not subject to daily acts of microaggression’
‘Sue has been researching microaggression since 2007 and has written two books on the subject.’
‘When I read about microaggression and sexual assault on campus I question the lessons that we teach our children from the get-go.’
‘This unintentional racism, typically exposed through questions treating a person as different from the norm, is microaggression.’
‘The researchers found that approximately 78 percent of the participants reported some form of racial microaggression within the two-week time frame.’
‘While some of these experiences may seem brief and harmless, many studies have found that microaggression can trigger symptoms of depression and psychological distress.’
‘A street artist is responding to the microaggression of people feeling free to pass remarks to passing strangers.’
‘Both of these conditions subject you to lots of microaggression in today's society.’
‘Making assumptions about Asian-Americans as a "model" minority is also considered microaggression.’
‘She told me that many black students experience unintended racial insults (sociologists call this "microaggression"), and that racist expression, intended or not, often gets a pass.’