Focuses on how repeated experiences of discrimination can lead to psychological and emotional harm.
Racial microaggressions: Verbal or nonverbal actions that convey derogatory or negative attitudes towards people of different races or ethnicities.
Historical context of racism: Understanding the origins, history, and legacy of systemic racism in the US and other countries.
Implicit bias: Unconscious attitudes or beliefs that can influence our thoughts and behaviors towards people based on their race or ethnicity.
Intersectionality: Understanding how different aspects of identity, such as race, gender, sexuality, and class, intersect and impact experiences of racism and discrimination.
Power and privilege: Recognizing the ways in which institutionalized systems and structures privilege certain groups while marginalizing others based on race.
Cultural sensitivity: Being mindful of and respecting cultural differences among individuals and communities.
Microtrauma vs. macrotrauma: Distinguishing between the effects of daily racial microaggressions and larger-scale traumatic events (e.g., police brutality).
Emotional intelligence: Developing skills to understand and manage emotions related to experiences of racial microtrauma.
Allyship and solidarity: Understanding the importance of being an ally and how to work towards dismantling racism.
Healing and self-care: Developing strategies and practices to cope with the emotional and psychological impacts of experiencing racial microtrauma.
Racial slurs and insults: The use of derogatory language or epithets based on someone’s race, ethnicity, or culture.
Microaggressions: It includes verbal or nonverbal behaviors that communicate hostility, belittlement, or marginalization of individuals belonging to a specific racial or ethnic group.
Social exclusion: Deliberate exclusion from activities or events due to one’s race, ethnicity, or cultural background.
Racial profiling: The practice of targeting individuals based on their perceived racial, ethnic, or cultural identity.
Tokenism: The tendency to use only one or two representatives of a specific racial or ethnic group to avoid being labeled as monolithic or uniform.
Discriminatory hiring or employment practices: The intentional or unintentional bias in recruitment, hiring, and promotion decisions based on one’s race, ethnicity, or cultural background.
Overt violence, hate crimes, and hate speech: Physical, verbal, or online threats, harassment, or violence based on one’s race, ethnicity, or cultural background.