TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose Given the nascent stage of research on microaggressions, the study is an attempt to better understand the experience of microaggressions and examine it from the point of view of different marginalized minority identities. The purpose of this paper is to report on the subjective experience of microaggressions from the lenses of gender, race, religion and sexual orientation.Design/methodology/approach To explore how microaggressions are experienced by different identities, the authors conducted four focus group studies with university students at a prominent Midwestern university. Each focus group focused on the experience of microaggressions for a particular identity group.Findings The authors discuss the nature and forms of exclusion that occur through microaggressions, and offer six microaggression themes that emerged as common across the marginalized identities studied. The authors add to the microaggression taxonomy and highlight the role of repetition in how microaggressions are perceived. The authors also discuss intersectional microaggressions.Originality/value While various studies have focused on reporting microaggression themes with regard to singular identities, this study is potentially the first that explores microaggression themes across different marginalized identities. The findings highlight novel forms of microaggressions such as the revealing or making visible of marginalized identities, and microaggressions emanating from within a minority group directed at other members within the same identity group, what the authors call as in-group microaggressions. The authors highlight and point to the need for more work on intersectional microaggressions.
VL  - 38
IS  - 8
SN  - 2040-7149
DO  - 10.1108/EDI-12-2018-0221
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-12-2018-0221
AU  - Nair Nisha
AU  - Good Deborah Cain
AU  - Murrell Audrey J.
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Microaggression experiences of different marginalized identities
T2  - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 870
EP  - 883
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -