Abstract
Social work students from marginalized backgrounds commonly experience microaggressions in social work education. This qualitative study explored how BSW students and recent graduates from diverse backgrounds perceived microaggressions in social work classrooms. Through semi-structured interviews, participants (N=20) responded to five vignettes of microaggressions based on real-life examples. They shared their perception of whether each example was a microaggression and why, as well as their expectation for how an instructor should address these incidents. A thematic analysis was carried out with the transcribed interviews. Although participants felt prepared to identify microaggression, there was disagreement about whether each vignette was an example of a microaggression. Four themes arose in their criteria: intention, marginalization, stereotyping, and power dynamics. Three themes arose in their expectations for faculty responses: taking action, repairing the relationship, and preventing future microaggressions. Implications for social work education are discussed.
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