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Definition: Microinvalidations

Microinvalidations: Communications that subtly exclude, negate or nullify the thoughts, feelings or experiential reality of a person of color. For instance, white people often ask Asian-Americans where they were born, conveying...

Definition: Microassaults

Microassaults: Conscious and intentional actions or slurs, such as using racial epithets, displaying swastikas or deliberately serving a white person before a person of color in a restaurant.

Definition: Microinsults

Microinsults: Verbal and nonverbal communications that subtly convey rudeness and insensitivity and demean a person's racial heritage or identity. An example is an employee who asks a colleague of color how...

Quote: "I refuse to accept the view that mankin...

"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never...

Video: "Sh*t White Girls Say...to Black Girls" ...

If you haven't watched Part 1 yet, watch it here first. Then, catch the follow-up on Anderson Cooper. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_480844&v=YnwqECbNm4Y&src_vid=ylPUzxpIBe0&feature=iv]

Video: Anderson Cooper Follow-Up to "Sh*t White...

This is the Anderson Cooper follow-up to my previous post. If you haven't already watched it, go there first. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8PgO0AT4B0]