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"You don't act like a normal black person". Attributing statements like this to racial, ethnic or social class differences is microaggression

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_privilege

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microaggression_theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppression

The micro aggression page has some issues that need to be fixed such as attribution errors.

Description and Prevalence

"Microaggressions have been described[by whom?] as including statements that repeat or affirm stereotypes about the minority group or subtly demean it, that position the dominant culture as normal and the minority one as aberrant or pathological, that express disapproval of or discomfort with the minority group, that assume all minority group members are the same, that minimize the existence of discrimination against the minority group, seek to deny the perpetrator's own bias, or minimize real conflict between the minority group and the dominant culture."

This statement uses weasel words which is resulting in an unsupported attribution error. I plan to fix this by adding the appropriate attribution as following:

Miscroagression has been described by Derald Wing sue as including statements that repeat or affirm stereotypes about the minority group or subtly demean it, that position the dominant culture as normal and the minority one as aberrant or pathological, that express disapproval of or discomfort with the minority group, that assume all minority group members are the same, that minimize the existence of discrimination against the minority group, seek to deny the perpetrator's own bias, or minimize real conflict between the minority group and the dominant culture."

I also plan to add the following:

Microaggressions is also referred as to covert and not so covert actions directed at persons usually without overt malicious intent. They are comments or behaviors towards people of color from members of the dominant group that reflect from stereotyped beliefs and reference values or behaviors that reinforce the social location of the group.

Microaggressions can additionally be described as, intentional or unintentional common verbal, behavioral or environmental humiliation that results in hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and injury to people of color.

Race or Ethinicity

Social scientists[who?] have described microaggressions as "the new face of racism," saying that the nature of racism has shifted over time from overt expressions of racial hatred and hate crimes, towards expressions of aversive racism, such as microaggressions, that are more subtle, ambiguous and often unintentional.

This statement also has attribution error which I plan to fix as in the following:

Social Scientist such as Derald Wing Sue have described microaggressions as "the new face of racism," saying that the nature of racism has shifted over time from overt expressions of racial hatred and hate crimes, towards expressions of aversive racism, such as microaggressions, that are more subtle, ambiguous and often unintentional.

The film Microaggressions: The New Face of Discrimination presented by Nicole Watkins, David Rivera and Kevin Nadal (Microtraining Associates) also describes microaggression as shifting in nature.