MGH Guides: Microaggressions: Responding to Microaggressions

Responding to Microaggressions

You've been called out for a microaggression. What do you do?
Knight, R. (2020, July 24). Harvard Business Review.

Microresistance and Ally Development: Powerful Antidotes to Microaggressions
Dr. Cynthia Ganote, Dr. Tasha Souza, and Dr. Floyd Cheung

Opportunities for Reflection

Review the following prompts after reading the (1) Resistance to Microaggressions slides, (2) Microaggressions and Ally Development handout, and (3) You've Been Called Out for a Microaggression article.

Think about a microaggression you've experienced or witnessed. Identify 3 strategies for how to address it as an individual, within your department, within the IHP community.
How might the microaggression situation have been different if one of the strategies you identified had been employed?