I had never realized how micoraggression affected my life until this course. The one microaggression that I have experienced is that I live in New Jersey and I am Italian. I have a very Italian heritage and many people in the area have always assumed that since I am Italain and have many influential family members that my family must be part of the Italian mafia. Of course this is ridiculous, if I was part of the Italian mafia, I would be alot richer than I am, LOL!!! I never realized how this affected me until this course. It never really bothered me until I got older. This is such a sterotype of Italians, everyone thinks that if you live in New Jersey or New York, and you are from an Italian culture and your family has money you must be tied to the mob.
Microaggressions can be very damaging. I really resent that fact that people think that because of my heritage, that I must have a family involved in crime. Now that I have a better understanding of what and how micoraggressions affect people I will make sure that I am more aware of sterotyping people according to thier culture and heritage. These assumptions can be very damaging to a person mental health.
Lisa,
ReplyDeleteAs I read your post I had to chuckle at your comments. I know some of the crazy things people think and truly believe as facts have you thinking WHAT!!!! TV depicts much of what we view as being truthful or factual, I believe we just have to be mindful of what things are in fact just for TV verses truths.
Lisa,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your experience and thoughts. It is very unfortunate that microaggressions affect individuals in such a negative way. I, agree with you about the comment you made about how assumptions of individuals culture and diversity "can be very damaging to a person's mental health."
I enjoyed reading your post.
Crystal
Lisa- I completely agree with you. My family is from New York, and we are also Italian. I have been asked on numerous occasions if I have ties to the Mafia. I don't and if I did, do you really think I would tell them??? Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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