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.

  • VHS [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I would probably say like "hey, what the hell? what do you mean by that?" and try to make her feel uncomfortable for saying it. i know situations can be hard to judge though

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      This only works if they can be made to feel embarrassment which only works if they're on the opposite side of at least 5 people they respect. They only change their tone when they feel completely ostracized in a social environment they view as their own. If you're just one person talking them down about words they use casually, they'll write you off as a hysterical idiot unless they really really respect you or they're afraid of you.

      This is at least how it's gone when I've tried organizing racists in my own chud state.

    • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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      3 years ago

      She won't be uncomfortable because everyone around her is on her side, not OP's. Best case scenario in a workplace like this imo is just to laugh and move on, mock them later.