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Microaggressions aren’t just innocent blunders – new research links them with racial bias

By Jonathan Kanter — 2020

Until recently, the majority of research on microaggressions has focused on asking people targeted by microaggressions about their experiences and perspectives, rather than researching the offenders. This previous research is crucial. But with respect to understanding white defensiveness and underlying racial bias, it’s akin to researching why baseball pitchers keep hitting batters with pitches by only interviewing batters about how it feels to get hit. My colleagues and I – a team of Black, white (myself included) and other psychological scientists and students – went directly to the “pitchers” to untangle the relationship between these expressions and racial bias.

Read on theconversation.com

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Sikhs One Year Later: Valarie Kaur Extended Interview

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Valarie Kaur, a Sikh, Talks About the Future and Acceptance of Different Races, People, Etc...

Valarie Kaur, a Sikh, talks about the future and acceptance of different races and people.

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