Marginalized groups in the United States have historically been subjected to legalized exclusion, such as the denial of education, marriage, medical care, immigration status, housing, and employment. Although Asian American, Black, Latinx, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) families have more legal protections than they did a few decades ago, they are still exposed to the toxic effects of biases held against them based on their marginalized identities. Expressions of bias and prejudice include two broad categories: overt and covert. For the better part of the past decade, researchers in this field (e.g., Nadal et al., 2016) have frequently commented on a general decline in public acceptance of overt prejudice in American society; this apparent decline led to an increased interest in studying covert forms of prejudice, including microaggressions-subtle, everyday denigrations and expressions of bias directed toward individuals with marginalized identities (Sue & Sue, 2013). This new interest exposed the nature, frequency, and impact of microaggressions, but considerable evidence now suggests that
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