Microaggressions are verbal or nonverbal insults that happen every day in the world. Whether it is consciously or unconsciously, these insult messages come off as hostile and derogatory towards a person based on their belonging to a group. For instance, race, racial Microaggression is the feeling of insult colored people face by the white people, in their daily life, this can also be verbal, nonverbal, intentional or unintentional. I am a young black woman who has experienced times and surprisingly this experience I had was not from a white person. I would be told all my years growing up that I ‘talked white’ and would say that I’m black why do I speak that way. I was offended and till this day the same things are said to me. Racial microaggression also goes hand in hand with cultural racism. Cultural racism discriminates towards a group of people apart of a certain group that includes their culture and background. The example used in the text about people of religion being restricted to practice their beliefs. I have experienced this. As I worked in a group project the members were discussing spirituality and their belief, once I shared mine, they tried to shut me down. Its unfortunate that this happens in the world but when are aware of these things we can learn how to communicate and handle it soon.
Gender in a social institution is when society shapes and controls the behavior and sets expectations of us individuals. Just like social construction this time gender is involved. How we act based on our sex is not just by biological facts it is by the influence of society’s institutions. In the reading a sociologist Patricia Fancy Martin introduced the 12 patterns of social institution gender falls under all these patterns. One of the many introductions to these institutions are micro politics. Micro politics are negotiations over power in our everyday encounters with each other. For example when it comes to power men vs women , men always seems to have the upper hand due to social institutions expectations based on our sex . Job positions and recognition are focused on what gender you are. Not only is there institutionalized discrimination in societies but also prejudices.The difference between the two is that being prejudice is having negative false thoughts and perceptions of a person, these feelings does not cause inequality. But institutionalized discrimination does affect equality which leads to systemic inequalities. This is a cycle that has been repetitive for years and hopefully this cycle will come to an end and become a positive turn.
