Fat stigma can take the form of overt discrimination, but it is often insidious, pervasively entrenched into our society and environment.
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Weight stigma doesn’t have to be malicious or targeted directly at a person to cause harm. Fat microaggressions lead to poorer health, well-being and life outcomes among fat people.
Coping with everyday affronts comes at a cost and requires a certain level of emotional suppression.
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Racial threats and slights take a toll on health, but the continual invalidation and questioning of whether those so-called microaggressions exist has an even more insidious effect, research shows.
While each microaggression may not seem particularly harmful, they add up and can erode the psychological and physical health of people in minority groups.
Research has found people with ethnic-sounding names have felt they need to use more “English-friendly” names to be considered for job interviews.
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Name microaggression refers to negative assumptions about people with ethnic-sounding birth names. This can lead to bigger acts of discrimination, which causes harm to people with these names.
Many employers are encouraging staff to return to workplaces after two years of working from home. For some, this means returning to racist work environments.
Researchers are exploring the impacts that racial discrimination is having on Black Americans’ emotional and psychological health.
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The evidence is growing that experiencing both systemic and everyday race-based discrimination may lead some Black Americans to become depressed and think about suicide.
Participants in our study — all highly skilled Black African professionals — reported feeling work was a site of constant surveillance and scrutiny, where their competence was often questioned.
They’re not just honest or ignorant mistakes, and they can poison an otherwise pleasant interaction.
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White people are often defensive when they’re called out for these subtle snubs and insults. But researchers have found that microaggressions correlate with racial bias.
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Negative stereotypes hamper the success of black males in STEM fields.
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Black male kids who start out by excelling in STEM gradually lose interest due to low teacher expectations and racial stereotyping. The result? Blacks hold only 6% of all STEM jobs.