Reflecting on this past week it is
difficult to detect what micro aggressions I may observe. I feel micro
aggressions have become part of society and until I learned more about it is
then I realized little things and small comments people make that now I realize
have a bigger impact. A micro aggression I face a lot has to do with my age;
being in a supervisor position at a young age I tend to get little remarks from
colleagues such as “ before your time” or “ in 20 years I’ve been doing this”
to in a way put me down and lose confidence in decisions. When people makes
these comments it upsets me and makes me feel I need to do something to
counteract the fact that I am young. This observation helped me to understand
that discrimination happens in all sizes and that there is a stereotype that a
young person does not know more than someone older than them. I feel that even
people the same age know different thing through their experiences and it does
not mean one person knows more than the other and I feel that is the same with
age. We all bring something to the table and should not put each other down for
it.
Alysse,
ReplyDeleteI understand where you are coming from, even though I am not in a supervisor position or anything I think about the possibility of being in a leadership position at my age of 24 and wonder how those that are older than me would feel if I were in that position and I am very sure that it makes you feel belittled when those that are older make those smart comments. I believe that everything happens for a reason and if you were meant to be in that position and do it well then I call it a blessing.
Alysse, I did not think of age when it comes to microaggression, but I can absolutely relate. I am in a similar position myself and recieve the same type of comments. One in particular that really bothers me is when others tell me I am only optimistic because I am "so young". I hope to maintain my optimistic attitude my whole life!
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