Practicing Awareness of Microaggressions

Practicing Awareness of Microaggressions

 

This weeks readings has been an eye opener until reading about microaggressions I did not have no clue what the word meant. An example, I explored this week was at work with another co-worker. We was short staff and had to do weight’s and height’s on all of our children. Asked another teacher to help, but she got upset and said I do not want to be in this room I am not doing anything for Dustyn, and my reply was it is for julie and they was suppose to be done over two hours ago. We was all stressed out over having so many children in one room. After the issue was done and over with, I took a step back and realized this was a microaggression. We need to think before we talk or even do the actions that happened during this situation. I feel this is something that should never happen in the present of children, even though they had no clue what was going on, but they can tell when you are stressed or upset about something. I hear people everyday using different things that puts you in mind of them using microaggressions, and it is hard to believe that many people do not realize what they are saying hurts people, but they seem to do not care either.

Until watching the video and exploring my own issue this week with my co-worker, really did not realize how the different words we say to each other can be very harmful and hurtful all at the same time. This situation has opened my eyes to be very careful of how I talk to other people, or even the way I look at people. We need to also watch what kind of body language we express to others as well.