{"id":45,"date":"2026-06-27T21:20:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T01:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/powerdynamicspostsecondary\/chapter\/microaggressions\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T01:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:56:22","slug":"microaggressions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/chapter\/microaggressions\/","title":{"raw":"Microaggressions","rendered":"Microaggressions"},"content":{"raw":"Now, we would like to delve in how internal dominances plays out in social interactions and how they impact people who are on the receiving end of microaggressions.\r\n\r\nMicroaggressions are slights made either intentionally or unintentionally to other people but have a real impact on the people who have received the slights. When you assume that a person of colour was born elsewhere, or you question someone\u2019s ability to understand a task if they have a disability, you are displaying forms of microaggressions.\r\n\r\nAnother way to look at microaggressions are as subtle actions of exclusion. A term used by Jana and Baran (2023) explain that microaggressions are actions that are done subtly but their impact excludes a person based on an intersection of their identity.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_251\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.openedmb.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2025\/08\/pexels-photo-7407111-1024x683.jpg#fixme\"><img class=\"wp-image-251 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.openedmb.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2025\/08\/pexels-photo-7407111-1024x683.jpg#fixme\" alt=\"A teenage girl walks away from a group of classmates, reflecting themes of isolation and bullying. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a> Figure 11.1. A student walks apart from a group of classmates.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>Now, we would like to delve in how internal dominances plays out in social interactions and how they impact people who are on the receiving end of microaggressions.<\/p>\n<p>Microaggressions are slights made either intentionally or unintentionally to other people but have a real impact on the people who have received the slights. When you assume that a person of colour was born elsewhere, or you question someone\u2019s ability to understand a task if they have a disability, you are displaying forms of microaggressions.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to look at microaggressions are as subtle actions of exclusion. A term used by Jana and Baran (2023) explain that microaggressions are actions that are done subtly but their impact excludes a person based on an intersection of their identity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-251\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.openedmb.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2025\/08\/pexels-photo-7407111-1024x683.jpg#fixme\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-251 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.openedmb.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2025\/08\/pexels-photo-7407111-1024x683.jpg#fixme\" alt=\"A teenage girl walks away from a group of classmates, reflecting themes of isolation and bullying.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 11.1. 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