Oooooooh!!!! I'd have to ask that guy please don't use that word anymore cos it makes me have.... feelings.
I'm certain he won't if he wants to keep his job
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I'm certain he won't if he wants to keep his job
A racist employee is a lawsuit liability. That's the last thing this company needs right now
I don't condone racism but it's only a lawsuit if it is shown during the workplace. If the employee either treats coworkers or clients in a demeaning way. My step dad is racist and his co-workers know yet he's been doing electric work since high school. He's in his 50s now. So one could be a racist and still function in the workplace.
All it will take is for one black person to overhear him saying the n word and they will have grounds for a lawsuit.
But if it's heard in a nonwork setting (i.e., the football game) the coworker can't do much about it. And actually, a black person in general doesn't have grounds for a lawsuit if the racist isn't doing anything harmful or unlawful.
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I suppose it depends on the workplace and their particular policy but I remember when I worked at Tyson Foods they were ridiculously strict about such things. If someone just overheard you using profanity or a racial slur you would be written up for it
It is a crying shame for any group of people to be so scared stiff of calling another group of people something they don't like, NOT BECAUSE IT IS AN ISSUE OF RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING AND NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT, but because they might get fined by the PC Police for stating their honest feelings.
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Not if you're off property on your own time, though. If a company punishes an employee for something that wasn't illegal and something that wasn't work related, then that employee has a right to sue the company.
That particular word is never acceptable under any circumstances. My ears are not a trash can for his filth
I can certainly see how threatening a person with termination or a fine for saying something that someone else has decided offends them will make them respect that particular group even more.
It sounds like so many churches.... "As long as we LOOK right, God will be fooled." Do certain people honestly think they have lowered the true racial feelings of a person by intimidating them..... or do they realize that, although their ears may be momentarily tickled, they have only solidified, and even exacerbated the negative feelings of that person for their race?
It sounds like so many churches.... "As long as we LOOK right, God will be fooled." Do certain people honestly think they have lowered the true racial feelings of a person by intimidating them..... or do they realize that, although their ears may be momentarily tickled, they have only solidified, and even exacerbated the negative feelings of that person for their race?
Part of America is having the ability to feel however we want. Yes, sometimes it makes people look foolish and like bigots. But it's still their right to think that way. My stepfather has reasons for feeling the way he does, as do a lot of other racists. He doesn't go around the grocery store and point at every single black person calling them a name. But if we were to start controlling how people could feel, that would make us no different than some of the Eastern countries.
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Scared stiff, no. Respectful yes.
I don't understand the hoopla..God tells us we should all learn to tame our tongues.
Dude filled a report, didn't punch the guy. End of story.
Gossip is hurtful so we can all pray the guy isn't hateful to people he works with due to their skin color and they are Christian enough to forgive him for being racist. That they show love instead of hate and maybe he will have a change of heart.
I am shocked to see so many people defending the "right' to be racist.
We can't change feelings but we can expect respect in the workplace.
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This didn't occur in the workplace, though. It just happens to be a co-worker of his and the act happened at a football game. Technically, the co-worker didn't do anything wrong and I would actually be surprised if management punished him for it.
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Read post #31 just above yours.
Sure you have forced someone to shut up, or lose their job. But that person who might have been won over, will instead grow to hate the opposite race even more, and will, in turn, continue the cycle by being sure to instill the same hatred in their children.
How stupid to think you are being respected because you threatened someone into staying silent around you.
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why he does that? Because he's a racist piece of [expletive omitted].. that's all I need to know
And, thus, you do your part in helping Obama keep the racial divide going.
Sad. Occasionally, in the past, you have actually posted some fairly rational things.
People just don't wake up one day saying "You know what, this is how I'm going to feel about a certain group of people. Why? Just because. I don't have anything else to do today." Prior to each reaction is an action. So something caused him to feel the way he does. It's not because he's just a "racist piece of blank" as you have put.
Typically racism is a learned behavior but you have to want to unlearn it. It just never made any sense to me. I can still remember this like it was yesterday... when we were kids, one of my cousins went down the street to play with his little black girl and her mom made a huge deal out of it.."she was down there playing with that little black girl"... and I'm sitting there thinking yeah? so what?. I have the same problem with racist as I do with religious bigots. They can't comprehend the fact that other people don't think like them
What the guy said was terrible, I can't defend that, but it might be worth your while to tell him, hey listen I don't appreciate you saying things about black people it was offensive and you're language was inappropriate. I'd ask him, why would you say something like that? You said before you thought he was a cool person, maybe you talking to him might help him see a different way. Of course there's no guarantee of that but it might be worth a try.