As pandemic restrictions ease, more employees are returning to work in person, causing anxiety about discrimination for some.
Working from home meant fewer in-person interactions with co-workers, so fewer chances for microaggressions such as being confused for another BIPOC co-worker by a white manager, being scrutinized by security or having your name constantly mispronounced.
Executive creative director Stephanie Yung and the team at Toronto firm Zulu Alpha Kilo, have developed a new tool to educate workers and combat those microaggressions.
It’s called The Micropedia of Microaggressions, an online encyclopedia of everyday snubs and insults that marginalized groups face. They’re often subtle comments or actions that come from implicit bias or stereotypes.
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