Microaggressions are subtle, everyday slights, put-downs, or invalidations that people in historically marginalized groups experience in daily interactions with people who may be oblivious to their impact. While people committing microaggressions may be unaware of their impact, their harm can be significant. In episode five of “We Do Hope,” Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, founder and Director of the Witness to Witness Program with Migrant Clinicians Network, is joined by Moises Arjona Jr., MS, Collective Impact Director of Unidos Contra La Diabetes, Jessica Calderón, International Projects and Emerging Issues & Witness to Witness Program Associate and Pamela Secada, MPH, W2W Senior Program Manager, to explain what microaggressions are, how people can identify them, and how to cope with the harm they can cause. In this conversation, they also help people understand what they can do to repair harm should they cause it.
