The Martha’s Vineyard branch of the NAACP will hold a panel discussion, “Subtle Acts of Microaggression,” on Sunday, March 17, at 2 pm, at the Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven. The event will be moderated by Carole Copeland Thomas, a speaker and consultant with national and international experience on issues related to working people and workplaces. She will be joined by panelists familiar with how these issues affect Vineyarders. For more information, email naacpmvbranch@gmail.com.
Definition:
“Microaggression is a term used for commonplace verbal, behavioral or environmental slights, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative attitudes toward stigmatized or culturally marginalized groups.”
This discussion should be a prerequisite for commenting online. It’s no coincidence it’s being held at the Hebrew Center. Wish I could go. I hope any antisemites-in-denial reading this will consider going.
An example of a microaggression could be when a majority white western male tells a marginalized minority female who disagrees with his largely accepted white western hatreds that she is “anile”, “hates men”, “is a disgrace to her religion” by “supporting incinerating babies” of a different religion, but then they turn around and compliment the marginalized person’s artwork.
Or maybe that’s gaslighting.