Previous research on microaggressions has emphasized the frequency of and distress produced by microaggressions as reported by people of color. The current research supplements the existing literature by developing a self-report measure of White individuals’ microaggressive likelihood against Black people, the Cultural Cognitions and Actions Scale (CCAS). Study 1 developed the CCAS through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of responses to CCAS items from a sample of 978 non-Hispanic White undergraduate students. The final scale comprised four factors (Negative Attitudes, Colorblindness, Objectifying, and Avoidance) assessing microaggressive likelihood, and CCAS total and factor scores were significantly related to several other indicators of racism and bias. Study 2 involved 31 of the previous participants in a lab-based discussion of race-related issues with a confederate and provided initial support for the predictive validity of the measure. Overall, this report supports a growing literature that microaggressions are more than innocuous, harmless behaviors, unrelated to racism, and instead represent relevant processes within the science of racism and bias. It also provides a potential means of testing the effectiveness of interventions intended to reduce the commission of microaggressions.

先前对微攻击的研究强调了有色人种报道的微攻击的频率和困扰。当前的研究通过开发针对白人对黑人的微观攻击可能性的自我报告测度，文化认知和行为量表（CCAS），对现有文献进行了补充。研究1通过对978名非西班牙裔白人大学生样本中CCAS项目的反应进行了探索性和确认性因素分析，从而建立了CCAS。最终量表包括四个因素（负面态度，色盲，客观化和回避。）评估微攻击的可能性，而CCAS的总分和要素得分与种族主义和偏见的其他几个指标显着相关。研究2包括31位先前的参与者，他们在同盟的基础上对与种族有关的问题进行了实验室讨论，并为该措施的预测有效性提供了初步支持。总体而言，该报告支持了越来越多的文献，即微侵略不仅仅是无害，无害的行为，与种族主义无关，而是代表了种族主义和偏见科学中的相关过程。它还提供了一种潜在的手段，可以测试旨在减少微侵害的干预措施的有效性。