Microaggression

My most recent microaggression encounter occurred when I was at my little girls ballet class on Wednesday. The class is made of about eight or nine little three year old girls who are loud and love to express themselves, who are all of the caucasion race. This past Wednesday a new little girl joined the class who was shy, timid, and of the African American race. While they were practicing I could see the other little girls talking to each other and having a good time, but they were leaving the new little girl out. I could tell she wanted to play and talk to the other girls, but was just to nervous. My thoughts came straight back to the lessons we had talked about this week and class and I knew I needed to do everything I could to try to make her feel welcome. When it was time for the girls to change into their tap shoes I called the new little girl over and asked her name and introduced her to my little girl. I told my little girl to introduce her to the other girls and to help her to feel welcome. I could see the little girls face light up and she began to open up and talk to the other girls. I want my child to grow up looking past ethnicity and to be open minded and never judge anyone.