AU1.4 – Microaggressions
What is a Microaggression?
Micro aggression is a term used for brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioural or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative attitudes toward stigmatised or culturally marginalised groups.
Three forms of microaggression
Preventing Microaggressions
It is possible to prevent microaggressions:
- Microaggressions are everyday insults made by usually well-intentioned people.
- They affect people from any underrepresented groups.
- They’re caused when your brain gets “stuck” on noticing someone’s differences.
- You can learn how to retrain your brain and prevent yourself from committing microaggressions.
- Check your assumptions, show empathy and try not to get defensive if someone calls you out.
Negative Impacts
- Lack of Trust
- Poor working relationship
- Lack of respect or dignity
- Unexplained behaviour
- Service delivery
- Team dynamics
- Impact on bystanders
- Patient Outcomes
- No sense of belonging
- It’s not responsibility of the person on the receiving end to do all the education
Common Defences for being called out on a microaggression
People of all different identities can experience microaggressions. Though the term originally referenced white-on-black offenses (and that’s still important to note), anyone who is part of a minority group in some way can be affected.
Very telling videos that awakens your subconscious to the surface, to be re-fashioned as an ally. Thank you for these powerful materials.
I sometimes wonder if our thoughts were automatically scrolled on our foreheads , what would this world become…………
Makes such a difference seen all this highlighted and to know I have experienced it and still able to support and encourage someone.
We need to respect each other differences and learning accepting start with US. No matter who what colour, race, creed, age you are if you see, heard , felt that someone is insulting some one, we need to make a stand against it.
very thought provoking videos, highlighting issues i have witnessed and given me a sense of action to help change some narratives.we need to speak up
Very thought provoking I think everyone can relate in one way or an other, more people need to challenge these situations.
Respecting individual differences is key to individual growth and therefore we should all stand against racism of all sorts.