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What is a name microaggression and could you be doing it without knowing?

  • Written by Sender Dovchin, Associate Professor and the Director of Research, Curtin University
What is a name microaggression and could you be doing it without knowing?Research has found people with ethnic-sounding names have felt they need to use more "English-friendly" names to be considered for job interviews.shutterstock

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In our recent study of 150 non-English speaking background migrants and refugees living in Australia, nearly 80%...

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