Over the last few weeks, I’ve learned, observed, and shared examples of microaggressions. I’ve also learned about personal biases as well as institutional prejudices, oppression, and that anyone can encounter these incidents of inequality. I can remember an incident where witnessed one of my family members become a target of bias, prejudice, and oppression. ItContinue reading “The Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression”
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Practicing Awareness of Microaggressions
Microaggresions? What in the world does that mean? Microaggressions are “brief everyday indignities that are verbal, behaviors, or environmental.” They can be “intentionally or unintentionally communicated to women, people of color, to gay/lesbians that have an insulting message behind them that often times causes sever psychological distress and harm” (Laureate, 2011). Among these microagressions layContinue reading “Practicing Awareness of Microaggressions”
Bridging the Gap in Early Childhood Education 