The Importance of Microaggressions

Paulina Vera is a professorial lecture in law and supervising attorney at the George Washington University immigration law clinic. Jerome Crawford is the director of legal operations and social equity for pleasantries, a cannabis company in Michigan. Paulina: Folks might not even know that they harbor implicit bias, but people of color live their lives every day, experiencing that implicit bias through microaggressions.Jerome: Imagine the weight of going through your daily life knowing that there are people who not only see you differently, but will treat you differently because of the color of your skin.