Microaggression

Microaggression is an important issue. It highlights the lack of understanding between two sides; more often than not, it is unintentional. And this unintentional behavior sometimes leads to lower self-esteem. For example, using an example we talked about in PD, a Black male always seeing other women clutch their bags when they are near him may lead him to think very lowly of himself. Things like this could lead to a person being ashamed of his or her own race. But some might argue that you can just create a culture of taking microaggressions lightly and not be offended by any of it or so that the majority of people are not offended. There are several reasons why this would not be good. For one, that would just ignore the people that are offended by these microaggressions; does that mean those people do not matter? Secondly, that just embraces that ignorance rather than trying to understand it. Accepting microaggression is kind of like accepting slavery; it just has a psychological toll rather than a physical. Sure, solving this issue might realistically be impossible, but that does not mean that it cannot be lessened. After all, every one person that becomes more aware of microaggression is one less person actively taking part in it.