Do You Think Racism Still Exists In The Workplace?

There's a serial killer in Flint Michigan targeting black elderly men , 5 dead and 7 injured , I'm sure you have a convenient excuse for his behavior.

yes i do believe it still it exists in the work place

Just Remember all race cards are wild now!This wasn't about race-it was about ripping off the Company he worked for and then killing his fellow inncent works for NO damn reason what so ever!

yahhhh i kno tat was sadddd :(

Lets trying calling it what it really was for a change O.K.? It was indeed a pure hate crime by a killer that used race as an exccuse for the murders he committed himself!

wherever there are humans..there will be hate. not everyone. not allways openly either.

Racism is rare and most people are sensitive to it. My work place is filled with Hispanics, Anglos and Blacks all college educated, if any racism goes on its among the students and often time within the group itself. The lighter skinned Hispanics do put down the darker skinned ones as I have observed.

I see racism at my job everyday. So this is no news to me. If you report it to HR your manager will find out and you will be fired. Just like that. They will make up stuff and you will be out the door. So that is why people don't complain at my job and no other reason other than we fear lossing our job. Boss and job you all know who you are. Let me say this "Every Dog Has Their Day"! and you all will get yours one day. Racist SOB's. It starts with the boss if they like you and you are white no matter if you can do the work or not you will be advanced and get a raise. How unfair is that?

goes both ways... some of it is real and some of it is feigned...

Example: My husband works as an engineer and he was responsible for teaching some technicians new techniques... well this lady had asked him if she could take some materials home to practice with... he said "no. because in a non-controlled environment they would be volatile"... well she didn't listen and took them home anyway and ended up blowing up her kitchen... she came to work the next day and told him what she did... he laughed and called her an idiot, like he has the propensity to do in the face of blatant stupidity.... she went off in in a huff and marched up to HR where she accused him of calling her the N word and accused him of racism... well HR went to my husband to find out the whole story... he told them and when they asked about the name he said, "no. I didn't call her that, I called her an idiot though"... and fortunately my husband had witnesses otherwise there would have been even further investigations, but instead she was fired because she had stolen company material and it was placed in her permanent record that she falsely accused a co-worker of racism...


And besides... if there was really racism at work, then why doesn't even the union that he worked for have knowledge of this?

i'm so happy for your husband i'm giddy. rare is it that this would happen.

Yeah we are thankful that he had witnesses and a good HR rep... otherwise she would have won with her lies.... He was only admonished for calling her an idiot... but my husband is horribly blunt... *lol*

Racism still exists everywhere the only difference with it now is that people are embarrassed by it so they keep quiet... for the most part. :D

Embarrassed because they're white and have been beaten over the head with being told their the racist ones and deserve it.

(Note: I'm sure there are some instances of white people being racist, but in the bigger picture it's gone well to the other end of the spectrum.)

Well obviously, especially with black comedians lol... but I never specified white people, I said racism still exists everywhere. Anyone who is a racist should be embarrassed. :D

Absolutely agree!

:D

Yes it does. But here's something else. In some places I've worked at before, if a supervisor tried to discipline a black person, they pulled the race card, and it was done to the extent to where everyone was afraid to say anything for fear they'd be sued for "racial discrimination". So you can't win, no matter what you do anymore. It's out of control. Just as racism is out of control, so are those who pull the race card and use it for an excuse to file charges and sue.

Agreed as a black person- I think it is crap and shows a lack of intelligence to pull "the race card." It belittles legitimate discrimination claims. Nowadays your racist merely for not liking/disagreeing with a person of a different color. :(

I found out later from another supervisor that after I left, the management felt badly about how I was treated. It's amazing how they always see this stuff AFTER the fact. I'm glad I left there. AS long as that supervisor remained, I couldn't be there. There were many black people I worked with there who were just the opposite of that, and I loved them all to pieces. But it takes only one bad apple to spoil the barrel. Thankyou for your support.

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You have no idea how much joy it brings me to know you hold this opinion. Seriously.

In the last 50 years racism has gone from a way of life to a rarity, especially here in the South. Certain factions claim "racism!" when ever they see the opportunity as there's money to be made by doing so. Ask the "reverend" Al Sharpton.

He was caught STEALING! That usually means that a person is fired!!
Even the union said that he had filed NO racial grievances and that he was a disgruntled employee.

It is not just about "Black and White." Then you have your bigotry. Then the Ego gets in the way....there will always be "us and them."

Now I am a "white" woman and I think this video is GREAT!!!!

is still a problem, but I have no firsthand experience with it.

Since the "workplace" is a microcosm of society, I'm sure there are racial tensions in all places of work. Killing is by no means is the remedy for it.

it happens in some places, but does not excuse violence. Period.

It is used as an excuse for committing crimes! It is used or should I say overly used! I am sick of hearing that every crime committed had some thing to do with racism! E-n-o-u-g-h!

unfortunately I still think that racism still exists in some places, but I have to agree, whether this man was driven to this by bigotry doesn't matter. He shouldn't have done this at all and if alive should have faced the FULL penalty of the law.

Amen!

is a problem in some areas. But if the shooters family, while my heart goes out to them and the victims, think that him being taunted warrants violence, I would have to say they are insanely wrong.

If anything this should teach us that non-violence is the answer when facing bigotry.

Of course. But racism in the workplace is a two way street. I know first hand.

Here are some very interesting statistics. Statistically, a name like D'shawn or Jamal would attract lower income or might even get rejected if seen on a resume! A Caucasian man with the same qualifications as an African american, earns more. So does it make sense for D'shawn to change his name to William or Jake? Here is the interesting bit. If he does so, statistically speaking, he would become a victim of racism yet again. Only this time from the African American community for trying to 'act white'. its quite a mess if we look into this subject deeply. (One more very interesting thing. The rejection factor of the name Jamal or D'shawn, is not because they convey a certain ethinicity. But because an image is formed of person coming from, most likely, a broken home, single parent, rough neighbourhood, low income group etc etc. and all of this because of his ethinicity. Hence 'they' take this person to be a non-dependable one. Now this is a new level of racism. Or shal i say a new variant of it)

In some places I think that people face racism that is seriously out of hand. But that doesn't excuse violence of any kind.

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