In a world that’s virus-infected, politics-inflicted and racism-tender, many of us are on edge, looking for someone to blame. Tempers flare and fighting becomes common. At the same time we’re hearing the word “microaggression” more often. It’s not new, but comes up in the revived conversation on how to be an anti-racist. Microaggression is “any action or statement regarded as an instance of subtle, often unconscious, prejudice and hence resulting in discrimination against a member of an oppressed group.” Even we who try to control our tempers are learning that subtle, even unconscious, racist behavior can be as deadly as a chokehold. –Fletcher Farrar, editor and CEO
This article appears in Making history.
