Microaggressions

About Dr. Tana M Session Dr. Tana M. Session holds PHR, GPHR, and SHRM-SCP certifications and is WMBE certified. With over 25 years of Human Resources experience, she specializes in cultural engineering, facilitated experiences, and leadership & organizational development. Dr. Session has spent 10 years as the top Human…

Sonya Renee Taylor took to her Instagram on Sunday to kindly ask white people to stay out of the Chris Rock/Will Smith situation. She tasked white people with the option of sitting with how the incident may be tied to what she often refers to as white supremacist delusion and…

It’s the small things that build up over time. Ever since a young age I’ve been quite apprehensive about my name, especially growing up in an area which didn’t have many ethnic minorities. I would dread the days where there would be a supply teacher who would take one look…

This week, Black women have either watched (or caught the highlights of) an undeniably overqualified Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson be subjected to the outright racism and violence that we all know too well from white men and women as she was forced to sit through her Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing…

“Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” This quote from Dale Carnegie ‘s famous best-seller, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” (still well worth reading) gets to the heart of why learning and pronouncing people’s names correctly is…

Some people truly have the audacity to be disrespectful. Do they get paid for that? You’re pretty for a fat girl. Imagine trying to throw shade at the same physique you fetishize behind closed doors. The person that says this microaggression usually is extremely fit or a complete sloppy douchebag. This is my best friend, and nooo that’s not her real hair. She bought it!!! Best friends don’t throw each other…