How to Respond to Rowing Related Microaggressions (and How to Be an Ally) with Jorlui Sillau

#042 - Jorlui Sillau is a mental health professional based in New York City with experience rowing through a veterans rowing program.

In this episode, we talked about:

• How can we better respond to microaggressions [6:51] 
• Ask clarifying questions (and why) [8:00] 
• An example of how to respond [11:49] 
• Nonverbal microaggressions [15:00]
• Fear of Retaliation [17:26]
• Trauma [18:50]
• Powerlesness [25:38] 
• Is there a time limit to respond to microaggressions?
• What recorded videos of erging have to do with this 

… and much more.


To get in touch with Jorlui, please email him at jorlui.sillau@gmail.com 

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