I was working a quiet evening for a change, when the father of a friend of my (then) girlfriend (and now wife) came in the store.
We chatted for a bit while watching a little bit of television. I was actually enjoying myself up until a commercial came on that featured a black couple. Sadly, it's necessary to mention their skin color.
He sees the couple and says, "You know, they're taking over most of society with their special rights and their [deleted] music - I don't want to see them on TV too."
*sigh*
I would dearly loved to have told him off, but I couldn't. I was much younger and wanted to keep my job and my girlfriend. When I told her about it, she told me that, yes, he was a racist idiot and I probably should have told him off. His daughter (my girlfriend's friend) certainly wouldn't have cared.
So how do you handle racist encounters when you fear for your job if you were to speak out?
We chatted for a bit while watching a little bit of television. I was actually enjoying myself up until a commercial came on that featured a black couple. Sadly, it's necessary to mention their skin color.
He sees the couple and says, "You know, they're taking over most of society with their special rights and their [deleted] music - I don't want to see them on TV too."
*sigh*
I would dearly loved to have told him off, but I couldn't. I was much younger and wanted to keep my job and my girlfriend. When I told her about it, she told me that, yes, he was a racist idiot and I probably should have told him off. His daughter (my girlfriend's friend) certainly wouldn't have cared.
So how do you handle racist encounters when you fear for your job if you were to speak out?
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