Usually, when a person keeps exploding, it is because they have kept quiet for far too long and it has resulted in a pressure-cooker-like situation. One of the reasons could be micro-aggressions caused to the person.
Here are some examples:
- “Okay, grandma”
- “I thought you would be a meat-eater.”
- “He could be your son.”
- “You are a baby”
- “He was babysitting you”
- “Mundam” – a Tamil word – That’s an outright insult and not a “micro-aggression”. The list is long. According to https://www.themicropedia.org/, we are all guilty of microaggressions at some point. Some people may not even know they are committing a micro-aggression. Some may not think what they said was hurtful or insulting. That is why it is so important to put oneself in the other person’s shoes and understand what that person might be going through. The term”empathy” refers to just that.
I would appreciate it if readers just thought about this. Please do not respond with comments or with further examples. Thank you.
