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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_privilege

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microaggression_theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppression

The micro aggression page has some issues that need to be fixed such as attribution errors.

Description and Prevalence

"Microaggressions have been described[by whom?] as including statements that repeat or affirm stereotypes about the minority group or subtly demean it, that position the dominant culture as normal and the minority one as aberrant or pathological, that express disapproval of or discomfort with the minority group, that assume all minority group members are the same, that minimize the existence of discrimination against the minority group, seek to deny the perpetrator's own bias, or minimize real conflict between the minority group and the dominant culture."

This statement uses weasel words which is resulting in an unsupported attribution error. I plan to fix this by adding the appropriate attribution as following:

Miscroagression has been described by Derald Wing sue as including statements that repeat or affirm stereotypes about the minority group or subtly demean it, that position the dominant culture as normal and the minority one as aberrant or pathological, that express disapproval of or discomfort with the minority group, that assume all minority group members are the same, that minimize the existence of discrimination against the minority group, seek to deny the perpetrator's own bias, or minimize real conflict between the minority group and the dominant culture."

I also plan to add the following:

"As discussed by Solórzano, ceja, and yosso (2000) and Sue et al. (2007),microaggressions refer to covert and not so covert actions directed at persons usually without overt malicious intent. Most often they are comments or behaviors directed at people of color from members of the dominant group that reflect stereotyped beliefs and reference values or behaviors that reinforce the social location of the group.

Sue et al. (2007) describes microaggressions as, “brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward people of color.”

Race or Ethinicity

Social scientists[who?] have described microaggressions as "the new face of racism," saying that the nature of racism has shifted over time from overt expressions of racial hatred and hate crimes, towards expressions of aversive racism, such as microaggressions, that are more subtle, ambiguous and often unintentional.

This statement also has attribution error which I plan to fix as in the following:

Social Scientist such as Derald Wing Sue have described microaggressions as "the new face of racism," saying that the nature of racism has shifted over time from overt expressions of racial hatred and hate crimes, towards expressions of aversive racism, such as microaggressions, that are more subtle, ambiguous and often unintentional.

The film Microaggressions: The New Face of Discrimination presented by Nicole Watkins, David Rivera and Kevin Nadal (Microtraining Associates) also describes microaggression as shifting in nature.