Microagressions, Explained
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Last week I went to a workshop on race and identity in the workplace, and the topic of microaggressions came up. Bias inside and outside the workplace is a very real thing today. However, most of these acts will not be direct and in your face, like someone saying a racial slur. Microaggressions are unintentional but continuously indirect remarks and acts against people of color.
For example, many white people always want to touch my hair or ask where I am really from. No, you can touch my fair and, yes, I was born and raised in the United States.
Instead of me explaining what this is, this video does a better job of doing it.