TY - JOUR
T1 - "I Have Strong Medicine, You See"
T2 - Strategic Responses to Racial Microaggressions
AU - Houshmand, Sara
AU - Spanierman, Lisa B.
AU - De Stefano, Jack
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - In this qualitative study, the authors examined responses to racial microaggressions among community members in Montreal, Canada. To this end, using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA; Smith, Flowers, & Larkin, 2009) we conducted individual interviews with Black Canadian (n = 5) and Indigenous (n = 5) community members who pursued employment directly after secondary education. Seven themes emerged from the data (e.g., calling out perpetrators, empowering self and others, choosing to not engage, and using humor). Response strategies convey 4 primary features: (a) importance of social support in accessing resources and confronting racial microaggressions, (b) use of culturally grounded strategies as a form of resistance, (c) multifaceted use of humor to confront and to minimize racial microaggressions, and (d) intentional use of avoidance among women participants. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
AB - In this qualitative study, the authors examined responses to racial microaggressions among community members in Montreal, Canada. To this end, using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA; Smith, Flowers, & Larkin, 2009) we conducted individual interviews with Black Canadian (n = 5) and Indigenous (n = 5) community members who pursued employment directly after secondary education. Seven themes emerged from the data (e.g., calling out perpetrators, empowering self and others, choosing to not engage, and using humor). Response strategies convey 4 primary features: (a) importance of social support in accessing resources and confronting racial microaggressions, (b) use of culturally grounded strategies as a form of resistance, (c) multifaceted use of humor to confront and to minimize racial microaggressions, and (d) intentional use of avoidance among women participants. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
KW - Coping
KW - Racial microaggressions
KW - Responses
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U2 - 10.1037/cou0000372
DO - 10.1037/cou0000372
M3 - Article
C2 - 31282691
AN - SCOPUS:85068911552
SN - 0022-0167
JO - Journal of counseling psychology
JF - Journal of counseling psychology
ER -