Re:Racism at a gaming company
by erikpukinskis on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @08:00PM
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the author just sat there and took it
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"I take a very deep breath through my nose. I tell him, rather I clarify for him that many things said by him and other people in the office has been racist, sexist, homophobic, transpho-
The guy is gay, so it makes sense that he reacted passive aggressively.
That doesn't make any sense. Being interested in same-sex sex has nothing to do with passive aggression.
Females tend to behave this way, which is why a lot of workplace related sexist shit still goes on.
Women speaking up about workplace sexism is often a job-ender, if not a career-ender. That's not submissiveness, it's business acumen.
Be clear. Be loud.
That's not a complete solution. It's step 2. Step 1 is to educate enough men and white people that we can actually have a culture where clear, loud pronouncements of wrongdoing are actually heard and taken seriously, without career repercussions.
And I'm assuming when you say "Be clear. Be loud." you're speaking to white men, right? Because women and people of color already have to do way too much education in their spare time, and it's the privileged who have the extra time and energy to pick up the slack and speak out about these issues, right?
Quote:
"I take a very deep breath through my nose. I tell him, rather I clarify for him that many things said by him and other people in the office has been racist, sexist, homophobic, transpho-
“Whoa whoa whoa, those comments you’re hearing aren’t racist; they’re jokes!”"
The guy is gay, so it makes sense that he reacted passive aggressively.
That doesn't make any sense. Being interested in same-sex sex has nothing to do with passive aggression.
Females tend to behave this way, which is why a lot of workplace related sexist shit still goes on.
Women speaking up about workplace sexism is often a job-ender, if not a career-ender. That's not submissiveness, it's business acumen.
Be clear. Be loud.
That's not a complete solution. It's step 2. Step 1 is to educate enough men and white people that we can actually have a culture where clear, loud pronouncements of wrongdoing are actually heard and taken seriously, without career repercussions.
And I'm assuming when you say "Be clear. Be loud." you're speaking to white men, right? Because women and people of color already have to do way too much education in their spare time, and it's the privileged who have the extra time and energy to pick up the slack and speak out about these issues, right?