Microaggressions, Equality, and Social Practices

Abstract

Microaggressions, equality, and social practices 1Microaggressions are the everyday, minor and apparently innocuous 'degradations, and putdowns' experienced by members of oppressed, systematically disadvantaged or marginalised groups. 2 They are a subject of psychological research and recent campaigns, but have received little attention from political philosophers. 3 Campaigns against microaggressions are also controversial, with some suggesting that those who protest take offence too easily or are oversensitive. 4 Indeed the very features that define microaggressions make room for this