NOTE: I’ve changed the original title, “The microaggression of calling out microaggression,” to clarify the focus of my concern.  It is important to educate people about instances of microaggression “in the moment.” What troubles me are acts of “calling out” I’ve witnessed which return the injury done, rather than inviting collaborative healing.

The microaggression of calling out

At the quarterly business meeting of my Quaker Yearly Meeting (regional association of Quaker Meetings), I kept stumbling over my own