What does Implicit Bias and Microaggressions mean?

In this video Professor Derald Wing Sue of Teachers College at Columbia University explains the ways that everyday “microaggressions” can affect people. Derald explains that microaggressions are not the same as everyday “rudeness” that people may experience but continually words or behaviors that reflect world views of inclusion, exclusion, superiority, and inferiority towards marginalized groups. Derald explains that these experiences are often most harmful to people of color.

TO REFLECT ON

• What are microaggressions, and how are they different from casual rudeness in everyday life?
• How does implicit bias influence microaggression?