This week I didn't have to go far to find an microinsult. My husband made a comment about his boss that surprised me. He was so frustrated with his female boss that he said to me, "I can't believe they put a woman in charge and she doesn't know how to run anything". I calmly said to him, "so because she is a woman she can't do the job" and he replied, "well I didn't mean it that way, she just don't know what she is doing". Our dialogue continued with me making him realize that he had made a sexist remark and also a micro-insult on a female intellect.
It was a brief indignition on his part and I was glad that I was able to help him see that he need to be aware of making comments that could be discrimintory. This week's lesson has taught me how to respond to microaggressions in a calm, factual manner something that I can pass on to other early childhood educators.
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