Table 3.
Reported experiences with racism, discrimination, microaggressions, and gaslighting
| Reported Experience | Trainees |
Faculty |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| % 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.