From Micro to Mighty: Standing Up to Subtle Bias
- boundbydiversity
- Aug 16
- 1 min read
Not all stories vanish after the final chapter. Some stay with us, shaping thoughts and stirring emotions. This excerpt offers a taste of one such moment—a passage meant to linger. Read it. Let it leave its mark.
Not all stories vanish after the final chapter. Some stay with us, shaping thoughts and stirring emotions. This excerpt offers a taste of one such moment—a passage meant to linger. Read it. Let it leave its mark.
"Microaggressions. The word, when I first heard it, seemed almost too subtle to hold any real weight. After all, how could something as small as a comment or a gesture have any real impact?"
"As a child, I remember being asked, ‘Do you speak English?’ more times than I can count. The question itself wasn’t necessarily offensive, but the way it was asked always felt like a challenge to my identity, like my being Muslim and Bangladeshi somehow made me less Australian."
Those little comments, the sideways glances, the assumptions...they add up. We're diving into the world of microaggressions, why they matter, and how to find your voice. It's time to turn those micro-moments into mighty change.
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