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Given that micro-aggression are arguably mostly created by the mentality of the receiver, and not the acts of the sender, I don’t think the comparison is entirely right.

How about just calling it casual encouragement?

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We can pretty easily call micro aggressions casual [race/sex/class/etc]ism.

Sound good?

No, because those are real things, based on actual classifiable actions and behaviour.

Micro-aggressions are just made up offenses in the mind of the receiver.

The person above you was correct and they are real things that are called microaggressions. A micro aggression is defined as "A statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group such as a racial or ethnic minority."

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