Comments on: Supervisor Slammed for ‘Terrorist’ Slur to Muslim Employee

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:22:39 +0000

This is very timely. I just heard 2 co-workers “racially teasing” each other. This reminds me to explain to them they do now work in a vacuum. Even if they use humor, someone else could hear and be offended by what is said.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:45:35 +0000

In today;s climate, it is refreshing to see this case being taken seriously. It is not “stupid or foolish ” behaviors that makes one think it is okay to allow any form of racism to continue. Too often verbal attacks are brushed off as one person’s bad behavior.. In this case, it is a manifestation of systemic racism that rears it’s ugly head in many forms. Tthe court case was just. Additionally, it is sad that it takes a lawful stance or lost of income for this incident to be taken seriously, the supervisor was just the scapegoat. This is not the first time the court has sent this message of no tolearance for this behavior. What will it take for this serious message to change the culture, which is still acceptable by some in many places?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:26:09 +0000

My family brought me to the US from Cuba in 1960, escaping the Marxist dictatorship of the Castro brothers. Every so often, schoolmates, and, later, work mates would tease by calling me a “commie.” That wasn’t bias – it was ignorance, as is the behavior of the supervisor who called an East Indian “Al Qaeda.” The company was foolish not to heed the warnings of the plaintiff – it’s too bad it had to come to a lawsuit… but this is not a case of “bias” (the guy was not a ‘terrorist’) but of supervisor stupidity.