Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Frances Winters

Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Frances Winters

Author:Mary-Frances Winters [Winters, Mary-Frances]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781523091324
Google: -Q7nDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00


“Why are you so angry?”

“Why do you people always play the race card?”

“You have so much passion. Maybe you need to tone it down for the meeting.”

“I don’t think that hair style is appropriate for work.”

“You are pretty for a dark-skinned girl.”

“You are different [meaning from another Black woman].”

“We had a Black woman a few years ago in our department. She was really nice, but it did not work out.”

Microinsults: Interpersonal communications that convey stereotypes, rudeness, and insensitivity and that demean a person’s identity. Unlike microassaults, microinsults are often committed unconsciously and may seem more subtle.



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