an event that happened to me personally, and which was motivated by racism.
On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, I was wrongfully terminated. While my boss alleged this was because I'd "made too many mistakes," (which he refused to identify and dismissed with the glib assertion, "we're going in a different direction"
I am well aware of the real reason I was dismissed: I was consistently anti-racist in response to a cohesive group of virulent racists.
My old boss, who retired in October -- and who regularly engaged in racist diatribes with the owner of the company whilst in earshot of me (knowing that I had more than once respectfully requested that I not have to hear it) -- admitted that he counseled my new boss about "letting me go."
I desperately needed that job. I am a 58 year old woman who is grossly "overqualified" for the jobs available in this area (at least, that's what I'm consistently told when I'm made aware that I'm not the candidate of their choice). I again face homelessness if I cannot get a job.
As I've noted in another OP, there's no reasoning with that level of hatred and malevolence. Instead of recognizing the toxicity of their pernicious racism, these men have made me the problem, and thus justified their decision to "let me go."
Racism is damaging to us all. It's high time everyone recognize this.
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