What are Microaggressions And How To Handle Them

Allison Davis
4 min readJul 12, 2021
Forms of verbal microaggressions.

Microaggressions are defined as small acts of exclusion that members of underrepresented groups experience in their daily life.

Microaggressions are generally based on race, gender, or any other characteristic regarding an individual. They can be in the form of everyday slights, indignities, put-downs, and insults, including but not limited to sexual objectification, sexist…

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Allison Davis

From the US, to Corporate Germany, to the startup scene in South Africa. I have learned a lot about people and business. I aspire to call it like I see it.