Microaggressions in pursuit
There are a lot of us these days we get offended or discomfort by what people say about us because it could be our looks, how we sound or could be something else. These days we don’t want to feel slightly hurt or make the assumption and feel underappreciated. This can be a word called “Microaggression”. The way I see what microaggression could be it is when someone feels slightly offended. The times when I experienced microaggression is throughout my college life when I did feel offended, though often in places like a college campus different people experienced microaggression even more. Microaggression there is a couple videos saying what is and they say the exact same words it’s when everyday slights and hidden insults to the people. There was a video called “Microaggression Everyday Life” the person said its towards also color people, LGBT every day. Visualizing what microaggression could be there would be someone saying, “so like what are you?”, “you look pretty for a dark color person”, and “no really where are you from?” Some students can feel microaggression at their campus and another video called “Microaggression” also said it can be dangerous and face difficult situations. I agree about that microaggression is dangerous there are people
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Sometimes here and there I had people come up to me oh I look Indian as well. When people come up to me thinking I only speak Spanish and they speak Spanish straight away I must tell them “I only speak English”. I get odd looks\ and sometimes they say “but you are Mexican “Just because I look Mexican doesn’t mean I only speak Spanish. It reminds me of this article I read “The coddling of the American mind” there was a part in the article about Asians “aren’t you supposed to be good at math?” assuming what they say is the
The assigned reading for chapter 6, Testimony by Sonny Singh is a firsthand account of the author as he fell victim to the prejudice towards certain racial and ethnic groups that followed the events of September 11,2001. Sonny Singh belongs to an ethnic group called Sikhs which are very identifiable because of their appearances. Most Sikh men wear a turban and have beards. This is a religious requirement for them and they consider it a matter of faith and prestige. In this article, the author has mentioned various instances where he has faced prejudice by strangers even years after the 9/11 attack and how it affects his everyday life as an educator and musician.
Microaggressions are degrading a group of people by their gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and or illnesses. Microaggressions are used by individuals subconsciously and consciously in everyday circumstances that are described in the three videos I chose to watch and write about discussing stereotyping. The actors in “Creepy Things People Say to Asian Women” argue “Don’t stereotype” (Chen, Chen). By examining posts on dating websites, the actors investigate moments of microaggressions. The actors discuss obnoxious posts that men have written stereotyping Asian women on dating websites.
The actions presented stereotypical comments about Asian students such as “aren’t you supposed to be good at math,”
To increase their yields, they have to work hard and improve their cultivating skills. According to their agricultural style, they realized hardworking is prerequisite for success. Also, in order to be good at math, people have to consistently work hard. From their ancestors, Asians learned this cultural wisdom and applied it to success in math, so they study hard and remain good at math. According to that, advantage from the cultural legacy is more important than 4 factors listed in Gladwell’s assertion.
Throughout this text, Rachel and Hewitt experience racial issues. In the beginning, Rachel states she did not realize that, by marrying Hewitt, she would become a member of the Interracial Couples group. At first, it seems that Rachel is against this, as she calls the group “mewling” and “defensive”. However, she rectifies herself when she states that they have reason to do so, as she has seen from her own circumstances how microaggressions can make people defensive. For example, Rachel states “Everywhere I went with Hewitt, strangers commented- in subtle and not so subtle ways- on the fact of our unlikely union: me, a white woman, married to him, a black man.”
Although the comments or the insinuation may seem harmless to some, it contains a negative connotation that only reinforces stereotypes and discriminates
She continues by expressing her fascination with the “power of language”, relaying the degree of her expertise. In addition, an appeal to logos provides statistics and facts. She writes, “Some say they understand 80 to 90 percent” (701), referring to the clarity of her mother’s speech. Moreover, she adds, “But I have noticed in surveys... Asian students, as a whole, always do significantly better on math achievement tests than in English” (703-704).
Everyone knows those tiny backhanded comments that sounds as if they’re supposed to be a compliment, but are actually negatively generalize a group of people. These are known to be microaggressions. In simple terms, a microaggression is a small remark or statement with discriminatory and harmful implications. Common racial microaggressions include showing surprise when an African American woman is etiquette or asking a Spanish-American person where they are from. Although these remarks may be made with friendly intentions, the outcome is the same: implicit stereotyping or othering people of color.
Explain what interpersonal racism is, and how it is showcased in this text. Provide 2 examples. 4 points Interpersonal racism is when people treat others unfairly because of their race. Interpersonal racism in "Brother" is depicted through instances of racial profiling and employment discrimination. In Chapter 7, Michael experiences unfair treatment from the police, who target him based on his race.
He begins by stating that many people assume that Asian students have an “innate proclivity for math” because Asian countries “have substantially outperformed their Western counterparts” in international mathematic exams (230). But in reality, Gladwell proved that Asian countries actually have a cultural advantage in the subject due to their number system. Most numbers in Chinese “can be uttered in less than a quarter of a second” while English numbers take a third. This difference allows Chinese children to memorize and count at an earlier age, leaving Western children a year behind at age five. Similarly, Gladwell cited Chinese culture of hardwork growing rice paddies as a reason for mathematic success.
Microaggressions are insults, indignities and denigrating messages sent to people of color by other people who are unaware of the hidden messages as stated in "Unmasking racial microaggressions" by Tori DeAngelis. Microaggressions are complicated, because of how both the victim or perpetrator cannot understand the situation if it is an insult or compliment that becomes toxic for people of color. People ask like "Where are you from? What is the best ramen noodle? Etc."
Hiding the fact that I, although learned to speak Spanish fluently in school, have an entirely different native tongue and can communicate with my parent in our native Igbo
Prejudice: Sneetches, Books, and Neurology Websters defines prejudice as “a preconceived judgement or opinion.” Prejudice is taking something, someone, or somewhere and judging from an opinion or the actions of one. A good example is the classic Dr. Seuss book, The Sneetches. The star bellied Sneetches are prejudiced against the bare bellied Sneetches for their lack of a star.
Although I often get confused for different ethnicities/races than the one bestowed upon me at birth, due to my relatively ambiguous features, I know that I am an authentic pure Mexican girl and that no one can change that aspect otherwise. With having two pure Mexican parents, it is not very difficult for me to find out that I too was of Mexican descent. Spanish was my first language when I was growing up, and up till this day I still only speak Spanish in my household when it comes to discussing any sort of topic with my parents; when it comes to my siblings though, I do tend to speak more English than Spanish to them since the younger ones tend to understand it more than Spanish. As I was growing up, the notion of being of Latino/a descent
Since this logical system allows Asian children to complete basic functions of math easily, they are more likely to enjoy math, take more math classes and this cycle continues bringing them a mathematical advantage. Gladwell explains that it also has to do with the cultural background that they are a part of. Their cultural background includes rice farming, which is an intricate agriculture to work with. The amount of work that is put into rice farming is correlative to what results come out of it. The work and dedication that rice farmers put into this work was far more than the work of any other type of farmer.