Microaggression

     While browsing social media, this week I came across a video of a young black man in an Old Navy store. the young man had walked in the store with Old Navy apparel on that he had previously purchased. Long story short, the employees in the store made the young man take off his apparel and scanned it, and told the man that he would have to pay for the clothing. The store;s video cameras actually had to be checked for the store employees to believe that the man's clothing had been already purchased. When I watched this video, I was actually hurting for that young man. I'm sure that he felt discriminated against, singled out and embarrassed. It was a shame that the store employees that were white would single the young black man out. I am sure that there were other patrons in the store that had also had the store's apparel on when entering the store, Were these people made to check their clothing too. I also thought the man did a decent job of staying calm during, the ordeal. I know if that scenario had happened with me. I would have been anything but quiet.
     My observations of this ordeal, made me realize that forms of microaggression are alive and well even in this day and age, and that is very sad. I hope that by being aware of this, that I am more sensitive to the things that I say and do that may affect others because these things form a lasting impression in people's minds.