2Personal Pre-Work: Beyond Inactive Bystanders
NOW THAT WE HAVE DEFINED what subtle acts of exclusion are, what do you do when it happens to you? Whether you are the initiator, the subject, or the observer, the first thing to do is be prepared. If you have already been on the receiving end of microaggressions, you have probably felt the startling upset that accompanies them. Part of the reason SAE are so jarring is that to the receiver, they are typically out of the blue and inappropriate. If you are the SAE initiator, you most likely remained unphased by the microaggression … until someone spoke up.
The first step in being prepared is to connect with the marginalized parts of your own identity. As the multiple minority coauthor, Jana has had ...
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