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In 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 com
by king_jester 14y ago
In 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.