Project-11 Week 5

Racial Microagression

            Microaggression consists of daily common place verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities both intentional and unintentional. These derogatory negative comments and behaviors are usually directed at minority groups by groups who view themselves as superior. Some examples of these comments could include “she has good hair for a Black girl”, or “he drives well compared to most Chinese people”. These comments mYOU were born in Canadaay sometimes just be based upon stereotypes or personal biases and said with no intent to hurt someone else but they do register and can cause a host of physiological and psychological issues for the individuals these acts are directed toward.

 

Some of the top contributions to this field:

  • The Taxonomy of Microaggressions; call for research.
  • The correlations between a student’s sense of cultural identity, how much more likely they are to interpret negative learning environments, and how they are more likely to perceive racial MAs within that environment.
  • Fears of white students related to being perceived as racist, acknowledging if they are racist or seeming racist.
  • Themes identified that affect black faculty dealing with Racial Microaggressions (RMA).
  • MA’s being the most common form of racism reported by visible minorities and female students.
  • The identification of 5 domains related to the experience of Mas for Black people.
  • Explored intersections of racial and gender Mas for Black, Latina/o, and White students.
  • How RMAs often lead to difficult dialogues on race in the classroom.
  • Frequently experiencing RMAs in the form of racist jokes
  • Parents providing social and cultural opportunities for their children can mitigate the negative psychological effects of RMAs.
  • A negative correlation between the perception of RMAs by the supervisor in supervision and the work alliance.
  • Those who experience RMAs are less likely to seek treatment.You speak good englich

 

Some Gaps in the study of this topic that remain:

  • Should the taxonomy of RMA be the same for all People of Color (POC) or should different taxonomies be developed for each racial group?
  • Do members of the non-visible racial and ethnic minorities experience MA differently if at all?
  • How do RMA compare to, or fit with other theoretical models of discrimination?
  • How do coping mechanisms mitigate the effects of MA and what is the actual relationship between MA and coping mechanisms.
  • Lack of longitudinal and experimental data.
  • Effective scales for measuring MA.
  • The accumulative effect of RMA across one’s life.
  • Psychological and physical health outcomes of RMA in the long-term.

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The purpose of my study is to find out more about actual therapeutic approaches to dealing with individuals that deal with RMAs and finding out how much they gain from the therapy. In the end I want to create a virtual means of therapy that takes place through a players interactions within a simulated world. As they reach certain milestones time-wise I would like to give them surveys using a scale to gather quantitative data about how the treatment affects them.

It is predicted that as people of color reach miles stones within the therapeutic program they will be better able to deal with the RMAs they experience every day and it will have less physical and psychological impact on their lives.

Racial Microaggression is a serious issue. people say things all the time without knowing the weight of the things they say. Minorities whether it be a racial minority, gender minority, or even sexual preference minority the comments those who are viewed as the majority have serious impact on others and it is my personal goal to even the field any way possible.

My intent is to make sure comments like this will no longer negatively effect people of color again.Lucky to be black

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About Robert O. Duncan

I'm an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences at City University of New York, with joint appointments in Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. I also have an appointment as a Visiting Scholar at New York University. My research interests include cognitive neuroscience, functional magnetic resonance imaging, glaucoma, neurodegenerative disorders, attention, learning, memory, educational technology, pedagogy, and developing games for education.

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