Differences in Experiences of Racial and Ethnic Microaggression among Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Black, and White Young Adults

By Shandra S. Forrest-Bank, J. Jenson. The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 2015

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Racial and ethnic discrimination is a significant risk factor for health and mental health problems among non-White children, adolescents, and adults. Recent evidence suggests that a form of discrimination known as microaggression, characterized by subtle and often unintentional acts of discriminatory behavior, is associated with detrimental effects on the psychological and emotional wellbeing of non-White individuals. We examined differences in microaggression experiences among a sample of 409 Asian, Latino, Black, and White young adults. The Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions Scale (Nadal, 2011) was used to measure respondents’ experiences of racial and ethnic microaggression. Young adults in all the nonWhite groups reported significantly higher rates of microaggressive experiences than respondents in the White group. Black participants experienced the highest levels of microaggression, followed by Latinos/Hispanics and Asians. Exploratory post-hoc comparisons yielded significant differences in the nature and type of racial and ethnic microaggressions experienced by members of different racial or ethnic groups. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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• Finding Microaggressions in the Wild: A Case for Locating Elusive Phenomena in Social Media Posts (2019, background): “…MAS have typically focused on small scale studies with interviews, surveys, or discussions with clinicians (e.g., Shelton and Delgado-Romero, 2013; Campbell and Manning, 2014; Forrest-Bank and Jenson, 2015), aiming at understanding the causes and effects of MAS on their targets (Wong et al., 2014).”