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In reply to the discussion: I was reported to HR for using the word Negro in a perfectly appropriate context [View all]Mosby
(19,129 posts)96. Depends though
"Person of color" is fine.
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I was reported to HR for using the word Negro in a perfectly appropriate context [View all]
tcfrogs
Thursday
OP
Print out a hard copy and hand it to them. Hopefully the meeting lasts 2 minutes.
TheRickles
Thursday
#9
When I was in high school, back in the Bronze Age, a very naive and foolishly 'helpful' classmate
Attilatheblond
Thursday
#53
This was in Orange County, Ca, and her family were rigerous about their 'traditional bible' church attendence
Attilatheblond
Thursday
#63
i hate these people who go behind my back and whine to someone else and dont apologise to me
AllaN01Bear
Thursday
#65
Having someone get offended when you say "frijoles negros" is the least of your worries today
whopis01
Thursday
#29
I went to a dentist years ago who was a MAGA type. He was whining about all the 'illegals'
travelingthrulife
Thursday
#42
There should be no problem, as long as they pronounce it "NAY-gross"
JustABozoOnThisBus
Thursday
#37
The color Black in Spanish is Negro (soft e like Negative, not hard e like Knee) ...
aggiesal
Thursday
#46
Exactly, it's pronounced "nehgro" neh as in meh with a slight roll to the gr
ms liberty
Thursday
#87
I would tell the that, since this is an issue, all employees need to have a list created.
OldBaldy1701E
Thursday
#16
Get the friend you were chatting to to confirm, either to the HR person or in writing, that it was the museum name
muriel_volestrangler
Thursday
#18
Similar, because referring to a black person as "colored" is generally unacceptable in the same way "negro" is. nt
thesquanderer
Thursday
#71
On top of all that, Black people actually perferred to be called Black. (This is based on the movie Red Tails) ...
aggiesal
Thursday
#92
Years ago I used the word "niggardly" during a meeting to describe a low-ball settlement offer.
sop
Thursday
#105
Simple - Have the website of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum cued up on your phone.
flashman13
Thursday
#78
That's funny. I was reported here for something kind of like that (but not really.)
Iggo
Thursday
#83
Counterclaim that the displayed denial of a named business denotes a racism against blacks.
Festivito
Thursday
#85
Several years ago when I was still working, I was miffed about something that happened.
MIButterfly
Thursday
#89
Get a lawyer, get a lawyer, document everything, get a lawyer, and document everything.
unblock
Thursday
#101
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. It was called the Negro League and is still called the Negro League.
Vinca
Thursday
#104
People are idiots. I don't miss the days of someone mishearing something that was not said to them.
dem4decades
Thursday
#107
My company's HR, now called "People", is the most overhead-iest of all overhead...
Mark.b2
Thursday
#110