How racial gaslighting invalidates my experience as a Black woman

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Racial gaslighting has become so normalised people don't always realise they're doing it

, tone policing and microaggressions have found their place in mainstream conversation in a way that I never would have imagined this time last year. But one thing we still need a better grasp of is racial gaslighting.tells me,"is defined as the manipulation of a person by psychological means into questioning their own sanity. Racial gaslighting occurs when the gaslighting is specific to that person's experience as a BIPOC person [Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour].

 

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