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. 2023 Oct 1;20(10):1373–1388. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202306-583ST

Table 3.

Reported experiences with racism, discrimination, microaggressions, and gaslighting

Reported Experience Trainees
Faculty
% Experienced % Witnessed % Experienced % Witnessed
(n = 49) (n = 49) (n = 202) (n = 198)
Racism: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized 18 53 26 54
Other discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people on the basis of the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong 33 67 48 70
Microaggressions: a statement, action, or incident of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group such as a racial or ethnic minority 57 80 54 71
Gaslighting: manipulating someone by making them question their own reality or sanity 35 37 26 34
If yes, do you feel empowered to report these incidents? 60* 36 49
*

Among those who reported experiencing and/or witnessing incidents of discrimination.

Among those who reported experiencing incidents of discrimination.

Among those who reported witnessing incidents of discrimination.