I work in a chud-filled workplace in a chud-filled state, with a lot of the bullshit that goes along with it. Today, though, a coworker said something particularly bad like it was no big deal, calling a poorly tied down load on a trailer jury-rigged... except she replaced the jury with a hard-r N word. I thought I misheard her until she repeated it. Call me a lib, but I had no idea how to respond and still don't. Previously I thought she might be alright in this respect since she's really proud of being part native, taking part in some of the traditions of her native side of the family; obviously this doesn't preclude racism against black folks, but still.
Anyway, I don't trust my chud bosses to take it seriously and I don't feel like the coworker in question would listen to whatever I have to say since I'm a white guy in a state with a small black population (we do not have any black coworkers).
I'd appreciate any advice from people on here on how to not be a lib about the situation.
Edit: I should add that I would like to quit and leave the company with one less worker, but I need the money right now until I can find something else.
Thank you all for the advice, looks like I'll just need to find some backbone. This job isn't more important than anti-racism, after all.
If you don't have a recording of the event, then you're simply not going to get anywhere at all in terms of real disciplinary action.
Only you can judge if trying to have an earnest discussion with this individual will be productive. But that's your only real option here. (Edit: oh you already said that's out. Welp.)