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Post‐Migration Stress: Racial Microaggressions and Everyday Discrimination

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  • Fabio Quassoli

    (Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milano‐Bicocca, Italy)

  • Monica Colombo

    (Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milano‐Bicocca, Italy)

Abstract

In 1991, Philomena Essed highlighted the importance of studying contemporary racism, focusing on the interplay between the macro‐social dimension and its constant reactivation in everyday interactions. Later, psychologists redefined the pervasive experience of racism in everyday encounters in terms of racial microaggressions. Migrants and asylum seekers today constitute “ideal” candidates for this kind of experience. This is due to the persistent historical processes that harken back to Western colonialism and imperialism, as well as the growing hostility towards people migrating from the Global South. This hostility has been brewing for several decades in Western countries, and it manifests in both everyday informal interactions and institutional contexts, where migrants and asylum seekers constantly face racist attitudes.

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  • Fabio Quassoli & Monica Colombo, 2023. "Post‐Migration Stress: Racial Microaggressions and Everyday Discrimination," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 1-4.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:socinc:v:11:y:2023:i:2:p:1-4
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    1. Johnny E. Williams & David G. Embrick, 2023. "Moving Beyond Obfuscating Racial Microaggression Discourse," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 5-15.
    2. Marcus Nicolson, 2023. "Racial Microaggressions and Ontological Security: Exploring the Narratives of Young Adult Migrants in Glasgow, UK," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 37-47.
    3. Carolynn Low & Bindi V. Shah, 2023. "Refugee Women’s Volunteering as Resistance Practices to Micro‐Aggressions and Social Exclusion in the UK," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 69-79.
    4. Kelly Wing Kwan Wong, 2023. "Exploring Racial Microaggressions Toward Chinese Immigrant Women in Greater Boston During Covid," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 16-26.
    5. David Ortega‐Jiménez & Luis Alvarado & Alejandra Trillo & Francisco D. Bretones, 2023. "Processes of Discrimination and Humiliation Experienced by Ecuadorian Immigrant Workers in Spain," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 48-58.
    6. Elisabeth Scheibelhofer & Clara Holzinger & Anna-Katharina Draxl, 2023. "Confronting Racialised Power Asymmetries in the Interview Setting: Positioning Strategies of Highly Qualified Migrants," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 80-89.
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