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Microaggressions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Microaggressions are always intentional.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Microaggressions communicate...

a)

hostility

b)

disrespectful attitude

c)

negative comments

d)

all of the above

3.

Microaggressions can only be directed someone's culture

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What type of microaggression is this “What are you? You’re so interesting looking!”

a)

Alien in One’s Own Land

b)

Ascription of Intelligence

c)

Criminality/Assumption of Criminal Statusthougtjhpg

5.

What microaggression is this "A person of color is presumed to be dangerous, criminal, or deviant based on his/her race"?

a)

Alien in One’s Own Land

b)

Ascription of Intelligence

c)

Criminality/Assumption of Criminal Status

6.

Which Microaggression is this “You should know how to cook because you are a woman”?

a)

Second-Class Citizen

b)

Traditional Gender Role Prejudice and Stereotyping

c)

Pathologizing Cultural Values/Communication Styles

7.

A female doctor was mistaken for a nurse is what type of microaggression?

a)

Traditional Gender Role Prejudice and Stereotyping

b)

Pathologizing Cultural Values/Communication Styles

c)

Second-Class Citizen

8.

Is asking an African American person: “Why do you have to be so loud? Just calm down?” a microaggression?

a)

yes

b)

no

9.

What can you do when you hear someone say a microaggression?

a)

A. Ask questions to get at any underlying assumptions.

b)

B. Ignore it

c)

C. Acknowledge what happened to the person affected.

d)

Both A & C

10.

Why is it important to recognize microaggressions?

a)

because we might say it unintentionally

b)

to avoid using them

c)

because they hurt others.

d)

all of the above

11.

Misgendering someone by accident is NOT a microaggression

a)

True

b)

False

12.

True or false:

Is the following a microaggression:

"Where are you from?"

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or false

Is the following a microaggression:

Person of color mistaken for a service worker.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

True or false

Is the following a microaggression:

Imitating accents and dialects

a)

True

b)

False

15.

your pretty/handsome for a dark-skinned person

a)

microaggression

b)

not a microgagression

16.

your really pretty

a)

microaggression

b)

not a microaggression

17.

your very articulate

a)

microaggression

b)

not a microaggression

18.

you speak well to be a person of color

a)

microaggression

b)

not a microaggression

19.

Do you think people would commit less microaggressions if they were more aware of what they were and how hurtful they can be?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

I’m not sure

20.

How would you respond if you were the victim of a microaggression?

a)

I would directly confront the person about what they said or did.

b)

I would passive-aggressively confront the person (i.e. make a joke, respond sarcastically, change the topic).

c)

I would say nothing.

d)

How I would respond would depend on who committed the microaggression.

e)

I’m not sure how I would respond.