Examples Of Macroaggressions

The reading for this week correlated well to each other, in the sense that they all play a critical role in demonstrating how culture, perception, and generations have on our daily interactions. These articles demonstrate how language is interpreted differently and has an impact on an individual differently. In the book is it stated that “words, in addition to being symbolic, are also arbitrary. They derive their meaning from the people who use them”. A great example to this statement is the usage of the N word. Historically in the 1619 the N word was used as stereotype to a race to make them feel socially inferior to other race; however today the word is more openly used as slang to demonstrate friendship, but still having a symbolic …show more content…
Macroaggression to me means the everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental looks, movements, and comments whether they are intentional or unintentional, that communicates a negative messages towards a person based solely upon their appearance. Macroaggressions happen on day to day bases because people construct stereotypes that affect individuals like me because of the length of my hair or the color of my skin. I work as a cashier at a clothing store for women, and I am constantly targeted by these women because the color of my skin. Once day I was put on the register to assistances my fellow co-worker; however even though her line was filled with customers the did not step to my register because the mere fact that I look like a different race that could not communicate them, which affects me as a person that's trying to help that individual. I think these article made me think that the language and nonverbal communication is constantly evolving so we as people have to become less egoistic to our verbal and nonverbal expression, and evolve with our language so that microaggressions abuse can