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Huh... >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 t

by columbo 14y ago

Huh... >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 ago
Ah 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.