Readings
Capella Library
Use the Capella library to complete the following:
Sue, D. W. (2010). Microaggressions in everyday life: Race, gender, and sexual orientation. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Chapter 1, “The Manifestation of Racial, Gender, and Sexual-Orientation Microaggressions,” pages 120.
Chapter 2, “Taxonomy of Microaggressions,” pages 2141.
Chapter 3, “The Psychological Dilemmas and Dynamics of Microaggressions,” pages 4262.
Constantine, M. G. (2007). Racial microaggression in counseling scale. Psyctests. doi:10.1037/t30267-000
Learning Components
This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
Explore the concept of microaggressions
Identify a disenfranchised racial, ethnic, religious, or cultural group whose population experiences microaggressions in U.S. society. (For example, Asian, African American, Hispanic, Muslim, disabled, LGBT, or women.) Using the Sue (2010) text as a reference, define microaggressions and provide examples of the type of microaggressions your selected population may encounter.