Frequent minor discrimination forces targets to habituate to it for daily functioning.

Evidence

Cognitive interview findings provided further insight into this phenomenon in terms of participants stating they have learned to ignore stares or uneasy behaviors from others, as these situations occur frequently and if they let these incidents bother them, they would be upset on a daily basis. — Naheed Ahmed, Measurement of Perceived Interpersonal…, 103

Categorization

• STORYSTEM: A character who has quietly built a tolerance threshold for ambient hostility — and what happens on the day the accumulation finally exceeds it — is a whole novel’s engine.
• SEED: Essay angle: ‘the labor of not being upset’ — how routine prejudice imposes a constant, unmeasured emotional tax on its targets.