From the course: Dealing with Microaggression as an Employee
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Learning break: Toni's experience of a workplace microaggression
From the course: Dealing with Microaggression as an Employee
Learning break: Toni's experience of a workplace microaggression
- I once had a professional disagreement with a colleague who I believed I had great rapport with. And after our disagreement, she began avoiding me to finish the project on her own. And I reached out several times, but I couldn't get any project updates. And after questioning her about the lack of communication, I learned that she'd shared with other leaders that she was afraid to give me feedback. And for me, the word "afraid" is triggering. It's sometimes a subtle way to assassinate the character of marginalized people. I met with her about the feedback, and I opened with guiding questions, and wanted to understand where she thought the conflict began. And she explained that after our conflict, she became afraid to discuss it further. So I tried a little exercise. I pulled up the word "fear" online, and I asked her nicely to read the definition. And the definition as a noun is an unpleasant emotion caused by the…
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