Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Implications for Clinical Practice

• Published in: The American psychologist Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 271 - 286
• Main Authors: Sue, Derald Wing, Capodilupo, Christina M, Torino, Gina C, Bucceri, Jennifer M, Holder, Aisha M. B, Nadal, Kevin L, Esquilin, Marta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Psychological Association 01.05.2007
• Subjects: Aggression; Aggression - psychology; Consciousness Raising; Continental Population Groups - psychology; Counselor Attitudes; Counselor Client Relationship; Counselors; Cultural Pluralism; Humans; Interpersonal Communication; Minority Groups; Prejudice; Psychology, Clinical - methods; Racial Bias; Racial Factors; Social Desirability; Social Psychology; Stereotyping; Whites

Racial microaggressions are brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward people of color. Perpetrators of microaggressions are often unaware that...