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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Sue, Derald Wing.
Microaggressions in everyday life : race, gender, and sexual orientation /
Derald Wing Sue.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-470-49140-9 (pbk.)
1. Aggressiveness. 2. Offenses against the person. 3. Cross-cultural
counseling. I. Title.
BF575.A3S88 2010
305—dc22
2009034007
Printed in the United States of America.
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