Microaggressions and Modern Racism Endurance and Evolution
Microaggressions and Modern Racism: Endurance and Evolution explores the causes, manifestations, and consequences of microaggressions, macroaggressions, and modern racism within society. Using surveys and interview data alongside examples in mainstream me
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MICROAGGRESSIONS and
MODERN RACISM Endurance and Evolution
Microaggressions and Modern Racism
Charisse C. Levchak
Microaggressions and Modern Racism Endurance and Evolution
Charisse C. Levchak Department of Sociology Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT, USA
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To my husband and best friend, Philip—growing with you and experiencing your unconditional love and support has been such a wonderful gift. I am grateful that we are able to share this amazing journey together. To my mother, Marie—thank you for the sacrifices you have made for me and for the love and lessons you have poured into me. I wholeheartedly appreciate everything you’ve done for me. To my outstanding mentors, colleagues, friends, and students who have inspired me and who have made this journey brighter—I truly appreciate you. To the interviewees who courageously shared their experiences—thank you. To those who have cared for me, inspired me, and stood in solidarity with me—I am eternally grateful.
Preface
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