Racial Microaggression

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After reading this article it has made me realize that I have been a victim of racial microaggression throughout all my schooling. I can’t count the number of times my names has been mispronounced and that teachers have shorten or change my name to Alex, AJ, Ali, Ale, Alexia, Alexis, Alexandra, and they even called me Alejandro (male name) I could continue with the list. Usually my question is “your name is very long, do you have a nickname?” the same question the article provides. Fortunately I think I was not affected by this, maybe because I didn’t assimilate this as a racist act. After all this years of teachers and friends calling me other names I have gotten used to it, but I always prefer to be called by my name Alejandra. Racial microaggression

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