Identities
This term is used to describe the fact of being, or feeling that you are, a particular type of person; the qualities that make a person different from others
What is, "identity"?
As a key ingredient for combatting bias, this term is used to describe the ability to understand share the feelings of another
What is, "empathy?"
This term describes commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental slights, whether intentional or unintentional that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative attitudes toward stigmatized or culturally marginalized groups
What is, "microaggressions"?
This term is used to describe the feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group and having a good relationship with the other members of the group because they welcome you and accept you
What is, "belonging"?
This tool is used to measure the strength of associations between concepts (e.g., black, gay) and evaluations (e.g., good, bad) or stereotypes (e.g., athletic, clumsy)
What is, "the IAT"?
These microaggressions are rude, insensitive comments that subtly disrespect a person's identity
What is, "microinsults"?
This term is used to describe disability that has developed after birth
What is, "acquired disability"?
This term describes a prejudice-breaking habit involving taking the perspective in the first person of a member of a stereotyped group while challenging our own biases and fostering empathy
What is, "perspective taking"?
This acronym is used to describe the steps a recipient can take when responding to the source of a microaggression
What is, "ACTION"?
This term is used to describe a cultural system of behaviors and practices, world views, ethics, and social organization that relate humanity to an order of existence
What is, "religion"?
This term describes a prejudice-breaking habit which requires obtaining specific information about group members to help prevent stereotypic inferences and encourage people to evaluate members of different groups based on personal, rather than group-based attributes
What is, "individuation"?
This is the first step a source is encouraged to take with the recipient when addressing a microaggression (the "A" in ASSIST)
What is, "Ask a clarifying question?"
"____-____" language puts the individual before their identity characteristic, like saying "a person with autism", while "___-___" language prioritizes the identity itself, such as saying "an autistic person"
What is, "person-first" and "identity-first"?
This term describes a prejudice-breaking habit which involves making positive exemplars salient and accessible to challenge the validity of a stereotype
What is, "counter-stereotypic imaging"?
This is the last step a bystander is encouraged to take with the source of a microaggression (the "E" in ARISE)
What is, "Educate and Engage"?