Microaggressions In Creepy Things People Say To Asian Women

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Microaggressions are degrading a group of people by their gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and or illnesses. Microaggressions are used by individuals subconsciously and consciously in everyday circumstances that are described in the three videos I chose to watch and write about discussing stereotyping. The actors in “Creepy Things People Say to Asian Women” argue “Don’t stereotype” (Chen, Chen). By examining posts on dating websites, the actors investigate moments of microaggressions. The actors discuss obnoxious posts that men have written stereotyping Asian women on dating websites. Man number one who wrote about himself being “white” assuming that this would instantly make him sound exotic to women and how Asian women are “submissive”