Subtle Acts of Exclusion: How to Understand, Identify, and Stop Microaggressions
- 5h 21m 3s
- Michael Baran, Tiffany Jana
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- 2020
This practical, accessible, nonjudgmental book is the first to help individuals and organizations recognize and prevent microaggressions so that all employees can feel a sense of belonging in their workplace.
Our workplace and society are growing more diverse, but are we supporting inclusive cultures? While overt racism, sexism, ableism, and other forms of discrimination are relatively easy to spot, we cannot neglect the subtler everyday actions that normalize exclusion. Many have heard the term microaggression, but not everyone fully understands what they are or how to recognize them and stop them from happening.
In this book, Tiffany Jana and Michael Baran offer a clearer, more accessible term, subtle acts of exclusion, or SAEs, to emphasize the purpose and effects of these actions. After all, people generally aren’t trying to be aggressive. Usually, they’re trying to say something nice, learn more about a person, be funny, or build closeness. But whether in the form of exaggerated stereotypes, backhanded compliments, unfounded assumptions, or objectification, SAE are damaging to our coworkers, friends, and acquaintances.
Jana and Baran give simple and clear tools to identify and address such acts, offering scripts and action plans for everybody involved: the subject, initiator, and observer. Knowing how to have these conversations in an open-minded, honest way will help us build trust and create stronger workplaces and healthier, happier people and communities.
In this Audiobook
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1. There's Nothing Micro about it
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2. Personal Pre-Work: Beyond Inactive Bystanders
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3. Interpersonal Action: SAE Accountability
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4. Institutional Action: Embedding SAE Accountability
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5. Gender and Sexuality SAE
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6. Race and Ethnicity SAE
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7. Ability SAE
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8. Religion SAE
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9. Age and Generation SAE
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10. Intentional Acts of Inclusion
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