I FILMED MYSELF READING THIS TWITTER POST AND I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO STOP LAUGHING

guys i volunteered to run a session on racial microaggressions in the workplace for my wider team and i wanted to define microaggressions and their various types and then provide a few examples both anecdotally and personally. what are your thoughts!!

your english is so good! (with a tone of surprise) why why why don’t say anything wtf

where are you REALLY from (after so much pestering - leave me alone!!) say “where’s home for you” and make it a casual conversation, dont harass!

“im gonna probably butcher your name” proceeds to butcher it and NOT leave space for you to correct them. ask first!!!!!

“oh you tick a lot of diversity boxes don’t cha” WHY IT IS HUMILIATING

jumping to conclusions instead of asking “so you must have studied IT” (im indian) instead of “what did you study and why”

talking in 3rd person of people/places/cultures and making offhand comments (like oh i avoid that shop its unruly when that shop is popular among black or minority communities)

touching or asking to touch someones skin or hair!!!!! 

comparing people to foodstuffs, your skin is like caramel or chocolate.

being white and tanning dark and saying “i look like a brown person now”

expecting the one POC to be a spokesperson for everyone

“youre not from here you wouldnt understand”

belittling people who work in “back offices” as not being intelligent (big companies have back offices in India, China, Hungary etc with people doing manual and repetitive work)

Some other key points I want to make:

do not put the burden on us to speak up and educate you, be mindful of your words

if you are commenting on someones behaviour or identity, think before you speak. put yourself in their shoes and think about how it would be perceived

we are not ambassadors for our cultures and definitely not for others

do not dismiss us or gaslight us, we have years of people doing that and it breaks spirits. one innocuously bad comment puts us on guard and kicks our survival instincts in.

ask! listen! be proactive in taking a step back!

speak up and recognize and use your white privilege for the better.

do not argue and get defensive when a POC speaks up about their experiences. It’s difficult to share and it’s even more difficult to change the system when you make this about yourself

pls tell me about more common workplace racial microaggressions, or just any good tips on what to include!

hey, uh, did someone order some angst tropes?

lance being super insecure, feeling bad because he knows it’s irrational, but he feels like he’s being over shadowed by his fellow paladins.(shiro doesn’t have an arm and he’s fine, i really don’t contribute anything meaningful to the team).

pidge trying really hard to rationalize her feelings; isolating herself completely in the process, but not knowing how to open herself up to anyone, because she doesn’t even know how she feels.

hunk trying his best to be the support everyone needs, but he gets overwhelmed and breaks down because he can’t handle the emotional turmoil the team is unknowingly putting him under, but he can’t let it show because he’s the rock.

allura getting high-key depressed, because she is trying so hard to make the universe a better place, but every time she takes a step forward the galra push her five steps back, which makes her feel as though her efforts are useless.

coran not being able to stay on the same project for too long and being scolded for it, he tries to stay positive with new adventures and tasks, but he feels like he needs to put aside his personal happiness and wellness, because he’s being berated for it.

keith and lance get into a fight, so as shiro is trying to act as peace keeper, he overlooks important information and because he’s the leader he blames himself for any and all faults of the mission. he starts doubting his leadership but hides his feelings to appease the team.

keith blocks out everybody in his life, claiming he doesn’t need it, everybody already thinks he’s the lone wolf and all. he starts getting snippy and easily irritated because of his pent up feelings, which starts to put the team at risk.

Taylor is releasing another album because folklore didnt succeed in luring hozier out of the woods. So shes bringing out evermore to finally catch him.

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just finished reading tumoasd and this is how im coping with it

(please rb its very swag of you!!! :D)

*clingies your duo*

HE’D BE THE BEST UNCLE OKAY LISTEN

Rayla: Country gnomes

Ezran: Take my bones

Callum: To a place

Claudia: They don't belong

Viren, visibly sobbing: PLEASE STOP FOR THE LOVE OF ERU

Hes going through it Wanted to do a meme redraw haha