The review authors also summarize the research on coping mechanisms for people who experience microaggressions and identify three common strategies.
Collective coping involves looking for connection and support from family and friends, and community and professional networks. This could be anything from joking about microaggressions with loved ones to joining a formal mentoring program or living in cultural housing at a university. This strategy often involves microaffirmations — essentially the opposite of microaggressions — where people of color consciously affirm each other’s value, integrity, and shared humanity.
A second coping strategy referred to as resistance coping, involves combating microaggressions by resisting Eurocentric norms, defying stereotypes, and confronting perpetrators directly. Strategies run the gamut. This could involve straying from stereotypes of appearance, such as when black women leave their hair natural. Other examples include working extra hours or extra hard to combat the stereotype of laziness or directly confronting the individual who engages in microaggression.
A third coping strategy is called self-protective coping; it involves using self-care to protect against microaggressions. Research offers a wide range of examples including choosing to adopt a positive outlook, picking your battles, and setting boundaries. In one study, a Black participant explained he read biographies of prominent African Americans who overcame adversity to remind himself that he too can also overcome stereotypes and insults.
The take-home message: Microaggression is a serious problem for minorities. Evidence shows they lead to both psychological and physical harm, but there are effective coping strategies that potentially mitigate their negative consequences.
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Y’all are irresponsible AF for the constant peddling of woke ideology smh. I know you know this ideology creates mental illness in people. Numerous data studies show the correlation between political affiliation and mental well-being. No scientific integrity. Disgraceful
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CornellBCTR Microagressions are subjective. That employees are constantly worried that their unprejudiced words or gestures may be deemed a microaggression by those conditioned to look for them seriously impacts normal human interaction.
CornellBCTR When are you going to put your skills to the matters at hand? COVID deniers, antivaxxers, conspiracy believers, women being stripped of our humanity with these horrible restrictive abortion rights, being forced to carry and birth an incest or rape fetus. WHERE THE FUQQQ ARE YOU?
CornellBCTR Absolutely. Why don't you also list which personality disorders are more likely to release their micro aggression upon others, it's relevant, as most world leaders have personality disorders. Or do you not think this is important or interesting? Beating around the bush as always
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