- Describe at least one example of a microaggression which you detected this week or remember from another time. In what context did the microaggression happen? What did you think and feel when you observed the microaggression or when you found yourself as the target of a microaggression?
There were a few examples of microaggressions throughout this last week, but the first one that comes to mind was when one of my coworkers asked another one of my coworkers to make her taco's because she wanted some good mexican food. It was all in good intentions, but the one that was asking for taco's pretty much just assumed that the other one was good at cooking mexican food because she was a mexican woman. The first thing that came to mind when I witnessed this was - wow, I just saw a micro aggression happen. The other coworker was not offended by the statement, but she very well could have been.
- In what ways did your observation experiences this week affect your perception of the effects of discrimination, prejudice, and/or stereotypes on people
My observations this last week did not really change my perception about the effects of discrimination, prejudice, and/or stereotypes about people, but it did make me much more aware of the little things people say during day to day conversations that could be possibly offensive to other, but it is completely unintentional.
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