To the editor: I agree with Cal State Los Angeles sociologist Bradley Campbell’s logic that focusing on microaggression will make us see ourselves as victims instead of strong individuals who can ...

Derald Wing Sue, PhD, understands microaggressions firsthand. He’s the son of Chinese immigrants. He was born in Portland, Oregon, and as a kid was teased because of his ethnicity. He’s a leading ...

An Asian female board member speaks up in a meeting about an important issue, only to be interrupted by her white male colleagues. A security guard follows a Black man around a store at the mall to ...

I recently did an informal study over a period of few months where I noted down the first thing that people said to me when they met me. Well-meaning, but a tad odd, don’t you think? These have ...

Although saying we “don’t see color” may be a well-intentioned turn toward diversity, openness and acceptance, the truth is that all of us do see it, and the differences we have culturally, ethnically ...

I can remember having anxiety about the first day of school as early as the second grade. This wasn’t anxiety about late-night bedtimes coming to an end, or about my mom delivering me at the school ...

Much has been written about racial microaggressions and how they impact the professional careers of Black employees, yet there is not enough being done to support those employees through the ...

Question: My manager just pulled me aside and said if I joked with my colleague about his name again, she'd send me to HR. My manager said my actions constituted a "microaggression." What is that, and ...

USC junior Vanessa Diaz was raised in Dallas. But at a party two years ago, she was asked if she could speak English. When Diaz became offended, the other student tried to pass off the question as a ...

Conversations with coworkers, friends and family are essential to pushing back against racism. While it's important to understand the history and systemic factors that play into racism, it's important ...

Andrasik pointed out that implicit biases are not influenced by social desirability bias, which pushes people to behave in certain ways with the hope that others will view them more favorably as a ...