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View our privacy policy at www.thestar.com/privacy. Offer expires June 15, 2021. SAVE 55% OFFTHE NEWSSTAND RATE SUBSCRIBE ONLINE: wroffer.ca/deal/comm OR CALL: 519-894-3000 and quote code REC2DAY for Friday and Saturday home delivery for 12 months committing microaggres- sions. "The intent is not the is- sue, it's the impact," Dr. Zine explains. "Microaggression, when it becomes consis- tent, turns into a form of harassment," she says, adding it wears away at a person's self-confidence and self-esteem, and chips away at their sense of be- longingness. SUFFERING IN SILENCE "Many of us have no choice but to remain silent, even though we feel upset by it," says University of Waterloo professor Dr. Christina Parker. Dr. Park- er, whose research focuses on cultural diversity and multicultural education, says BIPOC are expected to accept microaggressions and not say anything back: "We are expected to know how to deal with it and to do just that -- just deal." "The pressure of having to endure microaggression without the power to say or do something has a tremen- dous effect on the mental health of racialized peo- ple," she adds. While it is subtle, it can cause great damage on a person's men- tal well-being over time. In fact, a study pub- lished in the Journal of Counselling and Develop- ment has found that indi- viduals who experience mi- croaggressions will often develop mental health symptoms like depression, anxiety and lack of beha- vioural control. And because the effects are cumulative, any seem- ingly harmless comment can become the final straw that will break the camel's back. WE NEED TO SET A LAN- GUAGE TO DESCRIBE IT Both professors agree that there is a need to have a language to describe this experience so people can start meaningful dis- course. And there are organiza- tions that are starting this discourse. The Waterloo Region Immigration Partnership team, for instance, is cur- rently conducting a train- ing series for organiza- tions. Part of the training deals with teaching what microaggressions are and their impact on people. "It is important for insti- tutions to have these con- versations," Dr. Zine ex- plains. "So these (microag- gressions) don't continue to be reproduced." Loraine Balita-Centeno, who's originally from Ma- nila, Philippines, moved from Toronto to Waterloo early this year. She's excit- ed to get to know the com- munity and tell stories about her new city. She is the online editor of the Waterloo Chronicle, Cam- bridge Times, New Ham- burg Independent and Guelph Mercury Tribune. Reach her at lcente- no@metroland.com. OPINION Continued from page 16