This is a body of research going back to at least 2008, usually referred to in the literature as "Cortina’s theory of selective incivility". It categorizes types of selective incivility, and has data showing that selective incivility causes marginalized groups to leave organizations.
"That is, 'generally' uncivil words and deeds make no overt reference to gender or race (or any other social dimension). Nevertheless, incivility may sometimes represent a covert manifestation of gender and racial bias when women and people of color are selectively targeted."
The most frequently cited study is Selective Incivility as Modern Discrimination in Organizations (2013): http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0149206311418835
More research on 'selective incivility':
This refers to an academic discussion of whether discrimination is no longer overt but has become covert, in the form of incivilty that selectively targets gender and other marginalized groups without making open reference to those groups.
Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Workplace Incivility: Who Is Most Targeted and Who Is Most Harmed? https://www.researchgate.net/p ublication/301762104_Gender_Sexual_Orientation_and_Workplace _Incivility_Who_Is_Most_Targeted_and_Who_Is_Most_Harmed
Research on bystander intervention. Includes various ways to classify bystander responses: 1) assertive to stop the incivility, 2) supporting to the perpetrator by minimizing, ignoring, or downplaying the transgression 3) passive by social support to the target.
Witnessing wrongdoing: The effects of observer power on incivility intervention in the workplace https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318911812_Witnessing_wrongdoing_The...
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This is a body of research going back to at least 2008, usually referred to in the literature as "Cortina’s theory of selective incivility". It categorizes types of selective incivility, and has data showing that selective incivility causes marginalized groups to leave organizations.
"That is, 'generally' uncivil words and deeds make no overt reference to gender or race (or any other social dimension). Nevertheless, incivility may sometimes represent a covert manifestation of gender and racial bias when women and people of color are selectively targeted."
The most frequently cited study is Selective Incivility as Modern Discrimination in Organizations (2013): http://journals.sagepub.com/do i/abs/10.1177/0149206311418835