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3 Deconstructing the hidden meaning of microaggressions. Microaggressions are reflections of worldviews that are filled with ethnocentric values, biases, assumptions, and stereotypes that have been strongly culturally inculcated into our beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. Microaggressions usually send double messages that are contradictory to one another. A common microaggression directed toward people of color and women is symbolized in this statement: “I believe the most qualified person should be offered the job.” Although few of us would disagree with this statement, in certain contexts, when it is made to a devalued group member by a majority person, there may be a hidden message: “Racial minorities and White women generally are not qualified, so don’t blame me of being biased when the job is offered to a White man.”
Being able to define and recognize microaggressions and being able to deconstruct the metacommunications are challenging goals. They are the necessary preconditions to effective interventions, whether in personal or in professional settings. Only when awareness is present can action be taken in education, training, or remediation to overcome racial, gender, sexual‐orientation, and other forms of microaggressions.
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