WorksheetsMicroaggressions
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Microaggressions are always intentional.
True
False
Microaggressions communicate...
hostility
disrespectful attitude
negative comments
all of the above
Microaggressions can only be directed someone's culture
True
False
What type of microaggression is this “What are you? You’re so interesting looking!”
Alien in One’s Own Land
Ascription of Intelligence
Criminality/Assumption of Criminal Statusthougtjhpg
What microaggression is this "A person of color is presumed to be dangerous, criminal, or deviant based on his/her race"?
Alien in One’s Own Land
Ascription of Intelligence
Criminality/Assumption of Criminal Status
Which Microaggression is this “You should know how to cook because you are a woman”?
Second-Class Citizen
Traditional Gender Role Prejudice and Stereotyping
Pathologizing Cultural Values/Communication Styles
A female doctor was mistaken for a nurse is what type of microaggression?
Traditional Gender Role Prejudice and Stereotyping
Pathologizing Cultural Values/Communication Styles
Second-Class Citizen
Is asking an African American person: “Why do you have to be so loud? Just calm down?” a microaggression?
yes
no
What can you do when you hear someone say a microaggression?
A. Ask questions to get at any underlying assumptions.
B. Ignore it
C. Acknowledge what happened to the person affected.
Both A & C
Why is it important to recognize microaggressions?
because we might say it unintentionally
to avoid using them
because they hurt others.
all of the above
Misgendering someone by accident is NOT a microaggression
True
False
True or false:
Is the following a microaggression:
"Where are you from?"
True
False
True or false
Is the following a microaggression:
Person of color mistaken for a service worker.
True
False
True or false
Is the following a microaggression:
Imitating accents and dialects
True
False
your pretty/handsome for a dark-skinned person
microaggression
not a microgagression
your really pretty
microaggression
not a microaggression
your very articulate
microaggression
not a microaggression
you speak well to be a person of color
microaggression
not a microaggression
Do you think people would commit less microaggressions if they were more aware of what they were and how hurtful they can be?
Yes
No
I’m not sure
How would you respond if you were the victim of a microaggression?
I would directly confront the person about what they said or did.
I would passive-aggressively confront the person (i.e. make a joke, respond sarcastically, change the topic).
I would say nothing.
How I would respond would depend on who committed the microaggression.
I’m not sure how I would respond.
