Microaggressions may create a hostile environment for people in historically marginalized groups — especially in the healthcare industry. Microinsults, microassaults, and microinvalidations are the ...

About 1 in 5 Americans experience at least one microaggression daily. While not usually overt, microaggressions are subtle acts of racism. And, despite their name, there’s nothing small about their ...

Many microaggressions are subtle, but they can still harm marginalized employees and create a toxic work culture. Over the past few decades, companies have taken significant steps to improve workplace ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sally Percy is a U.K-based leadership and management journalist. Microaggressions are subtle, everyday slights – both intentional ...

Although saying we “don’t see color” may be a well-intentioned turn toward diversity, openness and acceptance, the truth is that all of us do see it, and the differences we have culturally, ethnically ...

Employers have done a moderately good job of addressing some of the larger, more glaring DEI issues facing their companies. But what about the ones that are less obvious? A recent study by the Harvard ...

You’ve heard the term, but what exactly is a “microaggression”? To formally define it, a microaggression is a comment or action that subtly expresses a bias or prejudiced attitude toward a member of a ...

If one were to read much of the psychological literature on microaggressions uncritically, one would come away with the conclusion that they are a serious problem. If so, it is very hard to discern ...

Experiencing microaggressions based on gender and race while receiving care during pregnancy and delivery may be linked to higher blood pressure postpartum, new research suggests. The study, published ...

Sheryl Sandberg had barely gotten started in her career when she noticed how often she was interrupted midsentence. “Even to this day, when I am in meetings where I am the same seniority as the other ...