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August 23, 2018

How to Respond to These Real-life Microaggressions?

How should Dr. Sander respond?

Alex’s unconscious bias leaks out in his comment. What would be the best response to help someone like Alex get an insight into his bias?

How would you respond when your boss is the microaggressor?

Have you ever experienced any microaggressions? Please share your anecdote and how you responded to the microaggression using the comments section below.

Real Life Situations

August 21, 2018

What is your microaggression/microvalidation ratio?

Microcompliments, microsupports, and microvalidations are the antidote to microaggressions.

Trainees are often vulnerable and in need of support. Teachers who verbally affirm students’ opinions, emotions, and beliefs are engaging in microvalidation.

  • Microcompliments are subtle communications implying praise, admiration, or respect for an individual’s identity or heritage. Microcompliments suggest that the person giving the compliment perceives that the recipient possesses something of high value, including identity or experience.
  • Microsupports are intentional communications that provide feedback and scaffold resources with the intention of supporting an individual who may feel unwelcome or invisible in an environment. Examples of microsupport include a person who actively listens, makes eye contact, expresses interest and attention, or provides resources to students.
  • Microvalidations are communications that appreciate the experience, thoughts, abilities, or feelings of an individual who may feel unwelcome or invisible in an environment.

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