Practicing Awareness of Microaggressions

• Describe at least one example of a microaggression which you detected this week or remember from another time. In what context did the microaggression happen? What did you think and feel when you observed the microaggression or when you found yourself as the target of a microaggression?

I  experience micoagression from a supervisor, who suggest through email that we remain professional, My  coworkers and I are mourning the loss of a coworker. The supervison implied that we must focus on our job and the children and not be consume with the matter and remain professional. I felt as though the supervison was implying that we as individual would not be professional as many of us are of the african american ethnicity. I felt a lttle upset because I do not believe the supervisor intent was to be support, but to imply that we may be unprofessional because of what happended and how it happened.  I felt as though she dismissed the facot of what has happen as well as trying to provide some sense of comfort. Her commen suggest do your work, do slack, and mourn later. This is understandable however, I do not believe it need to be discuss especially in the tone and in the same email as noting the loss of an coworker, 

• In what ways did your observation experiences this week affect your perception of the effects of discrimination, prejudice, and/or stereotypes on people.
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• The experience heightne my sense of sterotypes and prejudice. It can be a stereotype that some races are very dramatic when grieving and can stir up trouble. I know that can be for some however, I believe there are some who knows how to be professional regardless of what is happening. So this experience help me to understand more regarading how microagression can be expressed in multiple ways.