Derald Wing Sue

Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University (@TeachersCollege)

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Thank you for the time. @NewsHour @TeachersCollege

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This concludes our time for today’s #NewsHourChats. Thank you to @TeachersCollege @deraldwingsue and to all who participated in the chat!

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Thank you all for being so involved. #NewsHourChats

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.@dianefpollard A microaggression can be a manifestation of a stereotype. #NewsHourChats

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In remediation, it's important for us to make the invisible visible, which is to understand ourselves as racial, cultural beings.

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With respect to the latter, I believe that work at the pre-K through 12 level should contain strong anti-bias curriculum. #NewsHourChats

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There appears to be several possible directions. One is remediation and the other is prevention. #NewsHourChats

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The important question to ask is "how do we eradicate microaggressions?". #NewsHourChats

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@NewsHour To be oblivious to their own biases and prejudices. #NewsHourChats

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@NewsHour But they also have major harmful impact on Whites: they allow Whites to live in a world of false reality, lower empathic ability,

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@NewsHour They are responsible for creating disparities in education, employment and health care. #NewsHourChats

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@NewsHour They attack the psychological well-being of people of color. #NewsHourChats

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@NewsHour A society that allows microaggressions, silences and oppresses people of color.

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@mycritter You have to understand the context of a comment to label it a microaggression. As Freud said, "even a banana can be a banana".

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@NewsHour The same process seems to be occurring to the Syrian refugees. #NewsHourChats

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@NewsHour In WW2, we incarcerated 110,000 Japanese Americans. 2/3 were citizens by virtue of birth. #NewsHourChats

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@NewsHour The latter can result in Islamophobia and prejudice toward all Middle Eastern and North Africans (MENA). #NewsHourChats

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@NewsHour The case of Syrian refugees has both a rational and irrational aspect. #NewsHourChats

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@NewsHour As long as well-intentioned people don't recognize the harm of microaggressions, they can live their lives in naivete & innocence.

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@NewsHour administrators view the institutional climate as accepting and validating. #NewsHourChats