Meeting Minutes: Identifying and Coping with Racial Microaggression (featuring Dr. Jioni Lewis)

Has someone ever said something to you that just didn't seem right? Was it a bit racist? Or maybe you're just extra sensitive?

Well, realize that you're not alone. Dr. Jioni Lewis, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, has advice for you when dealing with these "racial microaggressions." Scroll down to read what she has to offer.

Goals of presentation:

• Articulate the definition of Micro-aggression

• Identify various types

• Apply micro-aggression across social identities

• Identify psychological effects

Definition of Micro-aggression:

• Brief and commonplace

• Verbal, behavioral or environmental indignities

• Can be intentional or unintentional

• Communicate hostile, derogatory or negative slight and insults toward marginalized groups

• Interpersonal in nature

Types of Micro-aggression

• Explicit derogatory comment or verbal/nonverbal attack

• Micro-insults: convey rudeness and insensitivity and demean a person’s racial heritage

• Micro-invalidations: exclude the experiential reality of people of color/women

• Supplied Racial Micro-aggression handout (Click here: see linked document)

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