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> calculator Was that inherently a racist thing to say? Because looking at it... it does look like something electronic. There's no question that the workplac
by columbo 14y ago
> calculator
Was that inherently a racist thing to say? Because looking at it... it does look like something electronic.
There's no question that the workplace was hostile, but there are too many side quests in this article. I'm not sure what Jose's marriage or the Dumbwhite-comment has to do with it. Maybe I'm missing something.
- king_jester 14y agoIn the context of the preceding few minutes of conversation the author had with this manager, the only way the necklace question can be taken is as a racist comment.
- columbo 14y agoHuh... >Also, at some point after this conversation took place, one of the women looked at my prized necklace and said “Hey, that looks like a calculator, is that a calculator?” I didn't really read that as immediately after, more along the lines of "sometime later that day someone walked up and asked if my necklace was a calculator"... the sentence doesn't give a good grasp on timing.
- king_jester 14y agoAh sorry, I didn't really explain myself clearly. I mean to say that after being the subject of some really stressful and severe racial harassment, I don't think it would have been possible to take that comment as anything other than racist. In hostile work environments, it is really hard to take comments and questions in a straight-forward manner. This is how toxic cultures poison the ability of people to work together, by undermining the mental and emotional health of the staff.