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Book Synopsis* Microaggressions are the everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs or insults - whether intentional or unintentional - which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons based solely on their maginalized group membership.
Table of ContentsPreface vii
About the Editor xiii
Part I Microaggressions and Marginality
1 Microaggressions, Marginality, and Oppression: An Introduction 3
Derald Wing Sue
Part II Racial/Ethnic Manifestation of Microaggressions
2 Black Undergraduates’ Experiences with Perceived Racial Microaggressions in Predominately White Colleges and Universities 25
Nicole L. Watkins, Theressa L. LaBarrie, and Lauren M. Appio
3 Microaggressions and the Life Experience of Latina/o Americans 59
David P. Rivera, Erin E. Forquer, and Rebecca Rangel
4 Racial Microaggressions Directed at Asian Americans: Modern Forms of Prejudice and Discrimination 85
Annie I. Lin
5 The Context of Racial Microaggressions Against Indigenous Peoples: Same Old Racism or Something New? 105
Jill S. Hill, Suah Kim, and Chantea D. Williams
6 Multiracial Microaggressions: Exposing Monoracism in Everyday Life and Clinical Practice 123
Marc P. Johnston and Kevin L. Nadal
7 Microaggressions and the Pipeline for Scholars of Color 145
Fernando Guzman, Jesus Trevino, Fernand Lubuguin, and Bushra Aryan
Part III Other Socially Devalued Group Microaggressions: International/Cultural, Sexual Orientation and Transgender, Disability, Class, and Religious
8 Microaggressions Experienced by International Students Attending U.S. Institutions of Higher Education 171
Suah Kim and Rachel H. Kim
9 The Manifestation of Gender Microaggressions 193
Christina M. Capodilupo, Kevin L. Nadal, Lindsay Corman, Sahran Hamit, Oliver B. Lyons, and Alexa Weinberg
10 Sexual Orientation and Transgender Microaggressions: Implications for Mental Health and Counseling 217
Kevin L. Nadal, David P. Rivera, and Melissa J. H. Corpus
11 Microaggressive Experiences of People with Disabilities 241
Richard M. Keller and Corinne E. Galgay
12 Class Dismissed: Making the Case for the Study of Classist Microaggressions 269
Laura Smith and Rebecca M. Redington
13 Religious Microaggressions in the United States: Mental Health Implications for Religious Minority Groups 287
Kevin L. Nadal, Marie-Anne Issa, Katie E. Griffin, Sahran Hamit, and Oliver B. Lyons
Part IV Microaggression Research
14 Microaggression Research: Methodological Review and Recommendations 313
Michael Y. Lau and Chantea D. Williams
About the Contributors 337
Author Index 343
Subject Index 355
