Microaggressions are as real as you and me. Although they may be unintentional, their impact is impossible to ignore. This is true especially in the case of children who are susceptible to many things during this critical period of their lives. A slip of the tongue or a slight change in wording could change a harmless question or statement into one that causes another person to feel belittled and inferior. If these words or actions can affect a person so greatly and possibly be detrimental to their mental abilities and emotional growth, that is reason enough to look into the matter and attempt to stop it as early as possible.
It is apparent that microaggressions can have a significant impact on people and it is imperative to stop them to the best of our ability because they are fairly simple to prevent. All it takes is to educate people, especially at young ages, about being careful with their words and learning to accept others for who they are. Although it may conflict with the views expressed at home, it is definitely better than sitting back and doing nothing. If "small" issues such as microaggressions could be solved, we could slowly work our way up and begin to tackle larger problems such as racism.
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