Subject and Course Guides: UNL Libraries Diversity Committee Resources: Ouch/Stereotypes/Microaggressions

Ouch! That Stereotype Hurts

Ouch! Leader's Guide
Includes discussion questions, PowerPoint slides, and video transcript.
Ouch! website

Websites

Microaggressions.com
User-submitted examples
Wikipedia article
Recognizing Microaggressions
From UCSC; PDF with examples and why they're offensive
Examples of Racial Microaggressions
PDF from University of MN
Microaggressions in Librarianship
User-submitted examples
I, Too, Am Harvard
Examples from Harvard University students
Why Microaggressions Hurt
Comic from the Everyday Feminism website
6 Ways to Respond to Sexist Microaggressions
Similar to the Ouch! suggestions
The Many Faces of Homophobia: Microaggressions and the LGBTQIA+ Community
Article from Everyday Feminism
21 Racial Microaggressions You Hear On A Daily Basis
From BuzzFeed--photos taken of Fordham University students with the microaggressions that they hear.
Ohio State Class Teaches Students to Detect and Respond to Microaggressions, White Privilege
Article from The College Fix

Videos

The Room of Silence
"A short documentary about race, identity and marginalization at the Rhode Island School of Design."
Microaggressions: Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation
Student film - has some good examples
Racial Microaggressions: Impact and Implications for Counseling Practice by Derald Wing Sue
In the Counseling and Therapy in Video database (42 mins.)

Also, searching for "Sh*t People Say To..." on YouTube will give a lot of good examples of stereotypes/things not to say to different groups! I can sort through for some specific videos to post here if anyone's interested. - Anna

Books

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