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Microaggressions are often represented as little pokes throughout the day that eventually leave you bruised and tired. In that scenario one micro-aggression isn’t bad, but a hundred of them are.

But microaggressions are reminders that there is a force present that threatens your survival. So a single micro-aggression can send your survival instinct into ‘ALERT. THREAT TO SURVIVAL DETECTED’ mode which sends your whole emotional system into overdrive.

A microaggression is a reminder that you are not safe. That’s why a single microaggression can hit you like a truck.

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You’re pretty for a black girl.

This is what white women keep telling me. Why do they think this is a compliment? I have no idea how to respond each time. (via microaggressions)

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Don’t shoot officers, I’m white! 😂

My high school’s homecoming jester’s Instagram profile header. (via microaggressions)

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Whenever black people come to the beach I start saying ‘It got so dark over here’ and they never know what I’m talking about because they’re dumb.

A prejudiced girl in front of me in line, on the way to our high school graduation ceremony. Three years later she is with a non-white person and they have a baby. It made me feel sick, sad, and worried for her boyfriend and their baby girl. (via microaggressions)