Reply #51: A few years ago I worked for a now closed insurance company.... [View All]

[ikojo]

98% of the claims processors were black as were most of the customer service reps. Well, because they were going to close the company they allowed us to dress casually. Naturally some people took it too far and started wearing "club clothes" to work. Now this workplace was located in a building that also included many lawyers offices (our insurance company used only two of the 15 floors). Since some people were bending the casual dress a bit the HR director (a white woman) sent out an e mail TO EVERYONE INCLUDING MANAGEMENT detailing the type of dress that was not allowed.

Well, this one woman (S) who was not shy about letting us know how religious and righteous she was went into a tizzy (even though SHE always dressed very modestly) and wrote an e mail to a friend of hers. Obviously the recipient, like the sender, was black, because the person writing the e mail could be overheard uttering "white woman!" as she was typing. Another woman (a white woman) said to S, "does this white woman! have a name?" S responded, "oh you can hear me?" She was then asked again, "Does this white woman! have a name?" to which S responded, "yes." The other woman then asked why was she not using the person's name and said that had she (the white woman) uttered "black woman!" under her breath then S would have had a fit. S got all huffy and never spoke to this woman again.

I ride public transit and have heard many, many anti white sentiments expressed on the bus. Sentiments that if expressed by a white person would get them hurt.