Jayfeather is a mottled, pale gray tabby tom with blind, pale blue eyes like a jay's wing, silky fur, and a scar running down one side. Jaykit was born in ThunderClan. His mother was Leafpool and his father was Crowfeather, although he, like everyone else, believed that Squirrelflight and Bramblestar were his parents.
A microaggression is the casual degradation of any marginalized group. The term was coined by psychiatrist and Harvard University professor Chester M. Pierce in 1970 to describe insults and dismissals he regularly witnessed non-black Americans inflict on African Americans.
Microaggressionâwhich refers to a comment or action that is subtly and often unintentionally hostile or demeaning to a member of a minority or marginalized groupâhas seen a decided increase in usage over the past several years, though the word is at least 45 years old. First used in the 1970s, the word has seen a recent surge in popularity.