Carroll contends that race is brought to the consciousness of African Americans every day through interaction with employers, service providers, landlords, the police, and the media, and examines the stress experienced by blacks merely as a result of being African American.
Micro-aggressions include experiences such as being denied service, being falsely accused, being negatively singled out on account of one's race. The author labels the stress that results from such micro-aggressions as Mundane Extreme Environmental Stress-which she says is a daily experience, has a significant impact on one's psychological well being and world view, is environmentally induced, and is detracting and energy consuming.
- ISBN10 6612567775
- ISBN13 9786612567773
- Publish Date 30 January 1998
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 24 August 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint ABC-CLIO
- Format eBook
- Pages 320
- Language English