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An interesting observation from our project: Most of the submissions we received from May-Nov 2016 were from angry white people about how non-whites pointed out their racism. (Which we did not post because they are not microaggressions.) 

After a brief pause for rest, we are back. Committed. Grounded. Ready. 

Microaggressions have always been about racism, transphobia, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia, ablism, ethnic nationalism that is sometimes seen and sometimes just under the surface in people’s language and actions. Naming microaggressions has always been about making connections between our everyday interactions to these larger systems. And naming is just the first step. 

“When I think about the relative size and scope of microaggressions, I can’t help but feel ashamed of my inadequate responses. If these are just small offenses, not meant to wound, why can’t I ever manage to shut them down effectively, ensure they aren’t wielded again and again against others?”

Nicole Chung, in a beautiful essay on the challenges of responding to casual racism, especially in polite company. (via The Toast)

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Today is Blogging Against Disablism Day 2014!

Here is a great collection from Blogging Against Disablism Day 2013:

http://blobolobolob.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/blogging-against-disablism-day-2013.html

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Awkward Privilege, by Michael Cuauhtémoc Martínez

Awkward Privilege, by Michael Cuauhtémoc Martínez

In case you missed it, our project was covered a few days ago in this New York Times piece on microaggressions awareness projects on university campuses. Check it out and participate in the dialogue following the piece on our Twitter and Facebook. (We still got love for you, Tumblr!)

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Reading these has reminded me that I have made a few of these comments in the past, and I regret each and every one. If any of the people I said these things to in the past is reading this now, I'm truly sorry for my bigoted remarks. Even though I didn't mean to be insulting, I realize now that I was anyway. So thank you, Microaggressions, for reminding me that I still have some growing to do. :)

sleepyfoxfanworks

Wonderful response.

“Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”

bell hooks (via blackrebelsoul)

Things to remind oneself while reading messages from internet trolls.

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hey! I also just wanted to send you fan mail of sorts; I actually found this blog because my ethnic studies class used it as a resource in the beginning of the semester, so there ya go! ^w^ Fantastic blog, I love it!

dancingalongthestars

Ethnic studies will save the world. It was actually a big part of how we met and got started on this project!

Hello! I just wanted to say how wonderful your blog is and what wonderful people you are for making it. I'm so glad I found it! Every day I am surrounded by microaggressions and it can be so suffocating. I feel like if you're a minority or a member of the oppressed, you pretty much have to fight through life with armor on. We are warriors!

saxas-deactivated20141231

Thanks so much! Kind words always save the day.

micropolisnyc:

And just like that, boy becomes man. 

The dastaar bandi, or turban-tying ceremony, is something like the bar mitzvah of the Sikh world. But in the post-9/11 world, wearing a turban isn’t a casual decision: it’s resulted in Sikh men in America being harassed, assaulted, even killed.

Saihajdeep Singh, this 16 year old from Norwalk, Connecticut, has been called names like “Osama” before. 

“In society, it’s a little hard, because people discriminate (against) you a little,” he said. “Once I befriended some of the friends in my school, they were like, okay. But before that, it was like, ‘Who’s this guy? Friggin terrorist.’”

To hear why Sikh men choose to wear turbans, and why some relate to the struggles of African Americans, listen to the full Micropolis story here.

“No president has ever done this before. It does not matter that the competition is limited. The impact of the highest official in the country directly feeling your pain, because it is his pain, is real. And it is happening now. And it is significant.”

Ta-Nehisi Coates (via theatlantic)

(via theatlantic)

Source The Atlantic

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