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American, Latino(a)/Hispanic American, and Native American)
with respect to racial issues under the microaggression rubric.
Chapter 8: Gender Microaggressions and Sexism discusses the
impact of bias on women with respect to gender issues under the
microaggression rubric.
Chapter 9: Sexual-Orientation Microaggressions and Hetero-
sexism discusses biases against LGBTs with respect to sexual-
orientation issues under the microaggression rubric.

Section Four: Microaggressions in Employment, Education, and
Mental Health Practice is composed of three chapters.
Chapter 10: Microaggressive Impact in the Workplace and
Employment describes and analyzes the operation of racial,
gender, and sexual orientation in the workplace. It reveals how
microaggressions operate in the recruitment, retention, and
promotion of marginalized groups in the world of work, how it
disadvantages them, interferes with work performance, and leads
to detrimental consequences. It broadens the analysis of micro-
aggressions to how it creates a hostile and invalidating work
environment.
Chapter 11: Microaggressive Impact on Education and Teaching:

Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race in the Classroom
explores how microaggressions are manifested in the curriculum,
knowledge base, campus climates, and most importantly in the
classroom. I present a series of studies specifically on how micro-

aggressions are triggers to difficult dialogues on race, gender, and

sexual orientation in the classroom and reasons why educators
fail miserably in their ability to facilitate these dialogues.
Chapter 12: Microaggressive Impact on Mental Health Practice
makes a strong case that underutilization of mental health facili-
ties and premature termination may be due to microaggressions
unknowingly delivered by well-intentioned therapists. Issues
of trust–mistrust and counselor credibility are analyzed as they
impact the credibility of the helping professional.

It is important to note that a major goal of the text is to present research data,
theories, and practical suggestions as to how to overcome microaggressions

directed at all marginalized groups, and to make specific suggestions related to

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