Medical Observer 
 Opinion

The menace of microaggression and how it affects our health

Dr Mahima Kalla (PhD)
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6 April 2023
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Microaggressions are seemingly innocuous verbal, behavioural or environmental slights against members of minority communities.

The term microaggression was coined by American psychiatrist Chester Pierce in his 1970 essay Offensive Mechanisms. He explained:

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