Racial Microaggressions

In the article, The Adverse Impact of Racial Microaggressions on College Students’ Self-Esteem the authors, Kevin L. Nadal, Yinglee Wong, Katie E. Griffin, Kristin Davidoff, and Julie Sriken studied micro aggression behaviors and their effects on African- Americans, Asian Americans, Latino/as, multiracial, and European Americans self- esteem. It was hypothesized that African Americans were the racial group that would most likely be targeted due to their past with slavery and fight for equal treatment. Throughout the study, the authors were proven to be correct. The study substantiated enough content to demonstrate that African- Americans are more likely to be victims to micro aggression behaviors and consequently lower their self-esteem. Also, in their findings, it was concluded that European American’s were the racial group to least likely experience a form of racism.
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It was found that the more micro aggression one experienced, the lower self- esteem that person would have. Although we the people tend to hear mostly about African-Americans being victimized and bullied against, the authors stated, “…. Asian American participants experienced more environmental microaggressions than did Black, Latina/o, and White participants… (p 469)”. This is relevant because the media does not bring consciousness to the fact that it is not only African- Americans suffering these racial inequalities, but other “minorities” are as