Diversity in dental hygiene education remains low. Racism in education requires substantial systemic changes in pedagogy to change the culture of racism and the experiences of racial microaggressions for students in the classroom. Change must also occur on the personal level with introspective analysis on the part of educators to examine personal feelings of racism and bias. Participants will learn about the subcategories of racial microaggressions in the form of microinsults, microinvalidations, and microassaults. Participants will learn methods to confront racism and microaggressions when they occur in their classroom.
Learning Objectives:
Define racial microaggressions in higher education.
Self-assess personal bias related to race.
Identify methods to deconstruct racial microaggressions in the classroom.
Define racial microaggressions in higher education.
