ABSTRACT
By 1977, Pierce et al. developed the concept further and defined microaggressions as follows: subtle, stunning, often automatic, and non-verbal exchanges which are “put downs” of blacks by offenders. On Sue et al.’s 2007 account, racial microaggressions are understood to be “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”. Within the literature on microaggressions, philosophers tend to cite the research in psychology, but psychologists do not cite or engage with any of the work that has been done by philosophers. There are several avenues of empirical/practical research to be done on microaggressions. There is the question of how to diminish the occurrence of microaggressions. This chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
