We have seen in the news students getting harassed at school by friends and sometimes teachers. A student at Yale had a suitemate call the police because she fell asleep in the common area. A professor called the police on another professor when the other person was just eating lunch in the classroom before class started.

These are all examples of microaggressions. It can happen in classrooms due to power differentiation, identity, and lack of interaction. In this conversation, we will talk about these everyday subtle comments people say that hurt members of marginalized communities. It is important to also talk about implicit bias because it is something that everyone has and may not even know is a problem.

From slavery to criminalization, racism has been a part of America's society for generations. Race-related events can have lasting traumatic effects on an individual. Centuries of unresolved trauma still impact the Black Community today. Not only do we struggle to overcome the problems that we've had before — but we also have to find a way to fix the problems that have come from the trauma.