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Antiracism Microintervention Strategies
Microaggressions against people of color cause harm to their mental and physical health which can lead to many negative consequences in a work environment, learning environment, and overall self-worth of marginalized groups of people. Antiracism helps combat microaggressions and helps break apart systemic racism by focusing on taking action against discrimination and oppression .However, standing up against discrimination can be an overwhelming task for people of color who have been targeted. White allies and bystanders are allies that can help those who have been targeted by racial discrimination. There has not been a lot of research and assistance given to people of color, white allies, and bystanders to challenge and dismantle racial prejudice, but using antiracist microinterventions can be a tool used to act against discrimination.

Microintervention strategies provide the tools needed to confront and educate oppressors. Specific tactics include: revealing the hidden biases or agendas behind acts of discrimination, interrupting and challenging oppressive language, educating offenders, and connecting with other allies and community members are ways to act against discrimination. Using these microinterventions allows the oppressor to see the impact of their words and provides a space for an educational dialogue about how their actions can oppress people of color and marginalized groups.

Microagression s can be conscious acts where the perpetrator is aware of their racist actions or microagressions can be hidden and metacommunicate d without the perpetrator's awareness. Regardless if microagressions are consciously or unconsciously acted on, the first antiracist intervention is to name the ways it is harmful for a person of color. Calling out an act of discrimination can be empowering because it provides language for people of color to bring awareness to their lived experiences and justifies internal feelings of discrimination.

Antiracist strategies also include confronting the microaggression by outwardly challenging and disagreeing against the microaggression that harms a person of color. Microinterventions such as a verbal expression of "I don't want to hear that talk" and physical movements of disapproval are ways to confront microaggressions. Microinterventions aren't used to attack others about their biases, but instead they are used to allow the space for an educational dialogue. Educating a perpetrator on their biases can open up a discussion about how the intention of a comment or action can have a damaging impact. For example, phrases such as "I know you meant that joke to be funny, but that stereotype really hurt me" can educate a person on the difference between what was intended and how it is harmful to a person of color. Antiracist microintervention strategies give the tools for people of color, white allies, and bystanders to combat against microaggressions and acts of discrimination.