I went back and forth on #5. Ultimately I voted microaggression because I figured it was the cishet patriarchy that was brainwashing me into thinking it wasn't a microaggression.
"Are you from here originally?" is absolutely a microaggression to anyone who doesn't "look white" imo. In settings where I knew people of all backgrounds were likely to be from other places (my grad school program, etc) I started flipping it around by asking "Are you from [city/state in which we are located]?"
I don't love small talk, and imo as someone who did do a lot of PT they shouldn't be trying to talk while you're counting reps imo!
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Date: 2020-10-28 07:25 am (UTC)"Are you from here originally?" is absolutely a microaggression to anyone who doesn't "look white" imo. In settings where I knew people of all backgrounds were likely to be from other places (my grad school program, etc) I started flipping it around by asking "Are you from [city/state in which we are located]?"
I don't love small talk, and imo as someone who did do a lot of PT they shouldn't be trying to talk while you're counting reps imo!