Microaggressions: A Thousand Invisible Cuts

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“Some days were soul crushing,” says Shanay Bell, a senior communications professional. “I would deliberately park far away from the front door so I could prepare myself for the barrage of microaggressions and put on my mask.” The term “racial microaggressions” was first coined by psychiatrist Dr. Chester Pierce in the 1970s to describe the everyday […]