In the workplace, there’s a certain kind of slight that shows up in different ways: an interrupted conversation; a backhanded compliment; an ignorant assumption based in stereotypes; the continued ...

Think everyday, interpersonal racism is a thing of the past? In progressive politics, most of the action has moved on from the Civil Rights struggles of the past to a focus on societal or “structural” ...

The concept of microaggression has made the rare cultural journey from academic neologism to popular hashtag. The word was coined more than four decades ago, but only in the past few years has the ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. In our cover story last summer on the strengthening PC movements on ...

Microaggression: The term was coined in the 1970s by Chester Pierce, an African-American professor of education and psychiatry at Harvard University, and it refers to the slights, putdowns and ...

Microaggression, brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative prejudicial ...

This column originally appeared in The Cohort, Poynter’s newsletter that centers conversations about gender in media. Subscribe here to join the community. In the last issue of The Cohort, Phoebe ...

Telling a disabled person they are “inspiring” is a “microaggression”, an NHS trust has claimed. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has warned doctors not to put “people in broad ...

As a writer, the expression "the pen is mightier than the sword" has always resonated with me, for the obvious reason — words are powerful. The implication of the words we choose can cut deep and sink ...

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Dr. Carl Bell was waiting his turn to check in at his hotel. A well-regarded psychiatrist and academic, he was traveling for a television appearance. The TV station had flown him first-class and sent ...