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.

  • FidelCashflow [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I guess I have two different advices. If you are being a victim of rascism then look up your state labor board and look up lawyers.

    If you simply don't like the toxic attitude, as is just, gentle ribbing is probably the best. Can't get in trouble for it. Gets under their defence and might actually change something. They are primed to deal with indignation. However most of them probably don't have any real though or emotion behind it. She used that term for a half assed fix, because that is what everyone around her has always said. She is as big a victim of ideology as anyone else in that way you know? So, I am not clever enough to think of a responce on the fly. The best I got is , "careful with that kinda language, I heard the boss was cheatin' on his wife with a black woman" just press all the buttons at once. Obviously this kind of thing requires careful care and planning. However, why pass up the change to cause chaos at a job you dont like?