Sue et al. (2007a) also created a taxonomy of various examples of racial microaggressions, and posited how these could present in the lives of people of color. Some examples include: A) Alien in Own Land, which assumes that people of color are foreign born, B) Ascription of intelligence, which refers to labeling someone’s intelligence based on his or her race, C) Color blindness, which occurs when people deny an individual’s racialized experiences (i.e. “There is only one race; the human race”), D) The Criminality or Assumption of Criminal Status, when a person of color is assumed to have had a history of criminal behavior, and may subsequently be followed around a retail store, E) The Denial of Individual Racism, when someone tries to deny
