The definitions and the examples given by Dr. Sue are very enlightening. I am off work for the summer so unfortunately I have been watching daytime TV. The guest co host on an ABC talk show an American comedian of Korean ancestry. The one of the hosts of the show introduced her and said her name wrong. She bounded back with a comedic response of I am Italian. There was more banter back and forth. In thinking about this? Comedians cross the lines of microassault, microinsult and microinvalidation for laughs. On this morning show I would say the host was not intention in her comments. Though I feel that the comedian shares similar feelings with Dr. Sue. I am wondering if that is part of the reason she became a comedian. To help cover some of the pain. She makes jokes and laughs at her family ancestry. She imitates her mother's Korean accent. In watching other television it seems as though in sitcoms this happens a lot. I was shocked as to how much.
Laureate Education, Inc. (2011). "Microaggressions in Everyday Life. Retrieved from http://www.courseurl.com
I also noticed microaggression in television. We do find humor in it when we know it is not a real attack on someone. Or maybe we find humor in it because it lessens the pain if we have experienced the same kind of assault. And in your example, they are making fun of themselves possibly to ease pain they have once experienced. Maybe this is where our children learn it.
ReplyDeleteJoy I enjoyed reading your blog post on Microaggressions.It never cross my mind about comedians until I read your post how comedians cross the lines all the time during their shows making the auduence laugh by cracking jokes about people and their race all the time. I wonder if they every think about they could be affending the people that they are joking about.
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