Define microaggression.  Describe the stories of individuals on page 3 and 4 in detail.  Is there evidence of microaggression? What is the evidence?  Could this have been a simple misunderstanding by those in position of power?  Describe a scenario in which you have personally experienced microaggression or witnessed someone else experience it.   The Manifestation of Racial, Gender, and Sexual-Orientation Microaggressions C Standing before his classroom, Charles Richardson, a White professor, asked for questions from the class. He had just finished a lecture on Greco-Roman contributions to the history of psychology. An African American male student raised his hand. When called upon, the student spoke in a frustrated manner, noting that the history of psychology was ‘ethnocentric and Eurocentric” and that it left out the contributions of other societies and cultures. The student seemed to challenge the professor by noting that the contributions of African, Latin American, and Asian psychologies were never covered. The professor responded, ‘Robert, I want you to calm down. We are studying American psychology in this course and we will eventually address how it has influ- anced and been adapted to Asian and other societies. I plan to also talk about how systems and theories of psychology contain universal applications.” Rather than defusing the situation, however, Professor Richardson sensed that his 1esponse had raised the level of tension antong several students of color. Another Black ale student then stated, “Perhaps we are looking at this issue from different per- pectives or worldviews. Just as language affects how we define problems, maybe we all need to evaluate our assumptions and beliefs. Maybe we are ethnocentric. Maybe 3 Racial, Gender, and Sexual-Orientation Microaggressions 5 2 and women equally. In fact, I don’t even think about enployees as men or wonien. People are people and everyone has an equal opportunity to be hired and succeed.” Kathleen felt very uncomfortable with the response. She left the interview knowing she would not be offered the position. W A ilefned Z I 1 option defined What do these incidents have in common? In both case vignettes, racial and gender microaggressions were being unconsciously delivered—in the classroom by a well-intentioned professor, in the subway station by a fellow commuter, and in the job interview by a vice president. The term ‘racial microaggressions” was first coined by Chester Pierce in the 1970s to refer to the everyday subtle and often automatic “put-downs : and insults directed toward Black Americans (Pierce, Carew, Pierce-Gonzalez, & Willis, 1978). While his theorizing focused solely on racial microaggressions, it is clear that microaggressions can be expressed toward any marginalized group in our society; they can be gender-based, sexual orientation-based, class-based, or disability-based (Sue & Capodilupo, 2008). In this book I have decided to concentrate on three forms of microaggressions-race, gender, and sexual orientation to illustrate the hidden and damaging consequences of the more subtle forms of bias and discrimination that harm persons of color, women, and lesbian, gay, bisexual , and transgendered persons (LGBTS) . Oy Microaggressions are the brief and commonplace daily verbal. behavioral, and environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that commy- nicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial, gender, sexual-orientation, and religious slights and insults to the target person or group (Sue, Capodilupo, et al., 2007). Perpetrators are usually unaware that they have engaged in in exchange that demeans the recipient of the communication. During the 2008 presidential campaign, for example, Republican Senator John McCain appeared at a political rally taking questions from his supporters. One elderly White woman, speaking into a handheld microphone, haltingly stated, “I don’t trust Obama. He’s an Arab.” McCain shook his head, quickly took the microphone, and said, “No Ta’am. He’s a decent family man, a citizen that I just happen to have disagree- ments with At first glance, John McCain’s defense of then-candidate Barack Obama opeared admirable. After all, he was correcting misinformation and defending a political rival. Upon reflection, however, his response, while well-intentioned, presented a major microaggression. Let us briefly analyze the interaction, the Words used, and their hidden meanings. fouple Mecan’s John pusa Purchase answer to see full attachment Explanation & Answer: 1000 words Tags: Microaggression individuals behaviors accidental interaction User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following our company’shonor code & terms of service.