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BWdem4life

(2,497 posts)
Sun Sep 3, 2023, 01:23 PM Sep 2023

Racism... not just for white people

Preaching to the choir here I know, just venting a little. My AA fiance has been working for the past 5 months as clerical support in a medical group in Seattle. Everyone else in this division is Filipino for some unknown reason. She is more competent after 5 months than a Filipino co-worker who has been there more than a year; yet they excuse this for him and threaten to let her go at six months if she doesn't meet some nebulous level of proficiency. Hard to see how this is not some kind of racial bias, whether conscious or otherwise.

She's had enough of it - plans to leave on her own, only question is the timing. No lawsuit or other complaint planned. Just "fuck y'all."

It's somewhat surreal watching racism play out for someone else from the sidelines. And of course especially unpleasant when that someone is your fiance.

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Racism... not just for white people (Original Post) BWdem4life Sep 2023 OP
It feels strange when the shoe is on the other foot captain queeg Sep 2023 #1
Sounds like sexism too. Merlot Sep 2023 #2
Well, both higher-ups are female BWdem4life Sep 2023 #3
Michelle Obama Said It Best qwlauren35 Sep 2023 #4
Oh, she's not planning on actually saying that. nt BWdem4life Sep 2023 #5

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
1. It feels strange when the shoe is on the other foot
Sun Sep 3, 2023, 01:32 PM
Sep 2023

We are not used to it and don’t realize how it feels. I went into a Mexican restaurant years ago and got the stink eye and they wouldn’t oserve me. Makes you realize how minorities are treated all the time.

BWdem4life

(2,497 posts)
3. Well, both higher-ups are female
Sun Sep 3, 2023, 07:14 PM
Sep 2023

But that doesn’t ncessarily mean there’s no sexism involved. Overall though I’m guessing racism.

qwlauren35

(6,279 posts)
4. Michelle Obama Said It Best
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 01:24 PM
Sep 2023

When they go low, we go high.

Have her get a new job with her head held high. If she has friends at the current job, have them give references. Make sure she says that it's because of salary, and hopefully she can get something paying more. If she wants to say something at the exit interview, that's her decision, but "Fuck y'all"... nope. Go high. Have them thinking that they lost someone valuable.

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