Ethnic minorities are not 'more sensitive than others'

Research shows that people from ethnic minorities are not “hypersensitive” to microaggressions

THERE IS no evidence that ethnic minorities are more sensitive than other groups to supposedly trivial insults or invalidations, but they do experience them more often, research from Goldsmiths, University of London shows.

A new study by Dr Keon West tested the arguments of those who dismiss negative responses to potential slights as ‘hypersensitivity’ and claim that ethnic minorities’ responses to these events are excessive, or even pathological.

A report of the research is published in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

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