Microaggressions in Everyday Life - Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation

The essential, authoritative guide to microaggressions, revised and updated
 
The revised and updated second edition of Microaggressions in Everyday Life presents an introduction to the concept of microaggressions, classifies the various types of microaggressions, and offers solutions for ending microaggressions at the individual, group, and community levels. The authors--noted experts on the topic--explore the psychological effect of microaggressions on both perpetrator and the target person.
 
Subtle racism, sexism, and heterosexism remain relatively invisible and potentially harmful to the wellbeing, self-esteem, and standard of living of many marginalized groups in society. The book examines the manifestations of racial, gender, and sexual orientation microaggressions and explores their impact. The text covers: researching microaggressions, exploring microaggressions in education, identifying best practices teaching about microaggressions, understanding microaggressions in the counseling setting, as well as guidelines for combating microaggressions. Each chapter contains with a section called "The Way Forward" that provides guidelines, strategies, and interventions designed to help make our society free of microaggressions. This important book:
* Offers an updated edition of the seminal work on microaggressions
* Includes new information on social media as a key site where microaggressions occur
* Presents updated qualitative findings
* Contains new coverage throughout the text with fresh examples and new research findings from a wide range of studies
 
Written for students, faculty, and practitioners of psychology, education, social work, and related disciplines, the revised edition of Microaggressions in Everyday Life illustrates the impact microaggressions have on both those targeted and perpetrators and offers suggestions to eradicate microaggressions.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi
 
Section One: Psychological Manifestation and Dynamics of Microaggressions
 
Chapter One Microaggressions as Toxic Rain: Here, There, and Everywhere! 3
 
What Are Microaggressions? 7
 
Racial Microaggressions 9
 
The Invisibility and Nebulous Nature of Everyday Racism 12
 
Gender Microaggressions 16
 
Sexual-Orientation Microaggressions 19
 
Misunderstanding Microaggressions 20
 
Stop Making Mountains Out of Molehills! 20
 
Everything's a Microaggression in This Climate of Political Correctness 20
 
Your Analysis is Flawed 21
 
Microaggressions, Marginality, and Harmful Impact 23
 
The Way Forward: Making the "Invisible" Visible 26
 
Chapter Two Taxonomy of Microaggressions 31
 
Conscious and Deliberate Bigotry versus Unconscious and Unintentional Bias 33
 
The Changing Face of Racism, Sexism, and Heterosexism 34
 
Microaggressions 36
 
Environmental Macroaggressions 37
 
Forms of Microaggressions 41
 
Microassaults 41
 
Microinsults and Microinvalidations: Common Themes 48
 
Microinsults 49
 
Microinvalidations 52
 
The Way Forward: Defining, Recognizing, and Deconstructing Hidden Messages in Microaggressions 55
 
Chapter Three The Psychological Dilemmas and Dynamics of Microaggressions 59
 
Clash of Racial Realities : "You Are Just Being Hypersensitive and Misreading the Situation!" 62
 
Invisibility of Unintentional Biases: "I'm Not a Racist!" 67
 
Perceived Minimal Harm of Microaggressions : "Don't Make a Mountain Out of a Molehill!" 70
 
The Catch-22 of Responding to Microaggressions : "You're Damned if You Do and Damned if You Don't!" 73
 
The Way Forward: Dealing with Psychological Dilemmas 79
 
Section Two: Microaggressive Impact on Targets and Perpetrators
 
Chapter Four The Microaggression Process Model: The Internal Struggle of Targets 85
 
Tracing the Impact of Microaggressions 88
 
Phase One--The Potential Microaggressive Incident or Event 88
 
Phase Two--Initial Assessment and Questioning of the Incident 96
 
Phase Three--Reaction Processes 97
 
Phase Four--Interpretation and Meaning 103
 
Phase Five--Consequences and Impact 106
 
The Microaggression Process Model: Recap 110
 
The Way Forward: Strength through Adversity 112
 
Chapter Five Microaggressive Stress: Impact on Physical and Psychological Well-Being 115
 
Biological Stressors: A Roadmap to Understanding Microaggressive Harm 117
 
Psychological and Social Stressors 119
 
Microaggressions and Daily Hassles 120
 
Impact of Everyday Hassles 121
 
The Life-Change Model of Stress 122
 
The Transactional Model of Stress 123
 
Situating Stress in the Macro-Context of Oppression 124
 
The Harmful Effects of Microaggressive Stress 127
 
Physical Health Effects of Microaggressive Stressors 127
 
Psychological Health Effects of Microaggressive Stressors 129
 
Strength through Adversity 140
 
The Way Forward: Responding Strategically and Resisting Microaggressions 140
 
Chapter Six Microaggressive Perpetrators: Who, What, When, How, and Why? 145
 
Who Are Microaggressive Perpetrators? 147
 
How and Why Do Individuals Perpetrate Microaggressions? 149
 
Using the Tools: Creating and Maintaining Dominance 149
 
Power to Impose a Biased Reality 151
 
What Makes It So Difficult for Perpetrators to Recognize Their Privilege? 153
 
Layer One--Fear of Appearing Biased 154
 
Layer Two--Fear of Recognizing

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Derald Wing Sue, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and Education in the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York. Lisa Beth Spanierman, Ph.D., is Professor and Head of the Faculty of Counseling and Counseling Psychology at Arizona State University in Tempe.

Zusammenfassung

The essential, authoritative guide to microaggressions, revised and updated

The revised and updated second edition of Microaggressions in Everyday Life presents an introduction to the concept of microaggressions, classifies the various types of microaggressions, and offers solutions for ending microaggressions at the individual, group, and community levels. The authors--noted experts on the topic--explore the psychological effect of microaggressions on both perpetrator and the target person.

Subtle racism, sexism, and heterosexism remain relatively invisible and potentially harmful to the wellbeing, self-esteem, and standard of living of many marginalized groups in society. The book examines the manifestations of racial, gender, and sexual orientation microaggressions and explores their impact. The text covers: researching microaggressions, exploring microaggressions in education, identifying best practices teaching about microaggressions, understanding microaggressions in the counseling setting, as well as guidelines for combating microaggressions. Each chapter contains with a section called "The Way Forward" that provides guidelines, strategies, and interventions designed to help make our society free of microaggressions. This important book:
* Offers an updated edition of the seminal work on microaggressions
* Includes new information on social media as a key site where microaggressions occur
* Presents updated qualitative findings
* Contains new coverage throughout the text with fresh examples and new research findings from a wide range of studies

Written for students, faculty, and practitioners of psychology, education, social work, and related disciplines, the revised edition of Microaggressions in Everyday Life illustrates the impact microaggressions have on both those targeted and perpetrators and offers suggestions to eradicate microaggressions.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lisa Spanierman, Spanierman Lisa, Derald Win Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Derald Wing (California State University--Hay Sue, Derald Wing Spanierman Sue, Dw Sue, Sue Derald Wing
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781119513797
• ISBN: 978-1-119-51379-7
• Seiten: 384
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Psychologie; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Chemie; Sachbuch > Psychologie, Esoterik, Spiritualität, Anthroposophie > Angewandte Psychologie; Psychologie, Psychotherapie, Soziale Probleme, Psychology, Mikroaggression, Psychotherapy & Counseling, Psychotherapie u. Beratung, Social Policy & Welfare, Sozialpolitik u. Wohlfahrt, Kulturelle u. ethnische Vielfalt, Diversity, Culture & Ethnicity, Social Problems