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I was reported to HR for using the word Negro in a perfectly appropriate context [View all] tcfrogs Thursday OP

Show HR the online site that no_hypocrisy Thursday #1

Precisely this - it's the name of the museum hatrack Thursday #2

Difficult to tell anymore tcfrogs Thursday #6

Way ahead of you tcfrogs Thursday #3

Print out a hard copy and hand it to them. Hopefully the meeting lasts 2 minutes. TheRickles Thursday #9

No. Print out 3 copies - ms liberty Thursday #13

Exactly.. mountain grammy Thursday #23

Or post it on the company bulletin board, assuming you have one...nt Wounded Bear Thursday #34

The offended person would probably consider that harassment. LisaM Thursday #108

HR can show it to her, that is the point. ms liberty Thursday #109

and at SOME point demand an apology.... democratsruletheday Thursday #14

this!!! Celerity Thursday #35

Use uninformed delicate flower Aviation Pro Thursday #41

When I was in high school, back in the Bronze Age, a very naive and foolishly 'helpful' classmate Attilatheblond Thursday #53

I guarantee that student grew up and voted for Trump three times. yardwork Thursday #58

This was in Orange County, Ca, and her family were rigerous about their 'traditional bible' church attendence Attilatheblond Thursday #63

Your post brought back unpleasant memories of that type of "sweet" girl. yardwork Thursday #64

Would biracials be chocolate marshmellows? flor-de-jasmim Thursday #77

LOL Throw in a couple Hispanics and ya got s'mores! Attilatheblond Thursday #80

i hate these people who go behind my back and whine to someone else and dont apologise to me AllaN01Bear Thursday #65

How would they feel BonnieJW Thursday #72

It is our history Bluetus Thursday #69

I knew someone who got in trouble for saying, "frijoles negros." FSogol Thursday #4

No way John Coktosten Thursday #21

They Voted For Cantaloupe Caligula The Corpulent... GB_RN Thursday #26

Haha John Coktosten Thursday #27

Thanks! GB_RN Thursday #31

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

Goes to show you stupid people can get advanced degrees. nt Wednesdays Thursday #73

It's a furrin' language. CanonRay Thursday #66

There should be no problem, as long as they pronounce it "NAY-gross" JustABozoOnThisBus Thursday #37

OK, here's what I'd do. ananda Thursday #5

It Was The Name Of The League! ProfessorGAC Thursday #7

Even as recently as the early 1970's tcfrogs Thursday #8

This is ForgedCrank Thursday #12

Yes - exactly. And it won't end anytime soon. whopis01 Thursday #33

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'm really sorry this is happening to you. yardwork Thursday #10

I would want HR to formally educate the snitch Tanuki Thursday #68

Any escalation will probably hurt the OP more. yardwork Thursday #81

I met W James Cobbin while doing a job at his museum in Youngstown Orrex Thursday #11

Continue to tell the story as it happened. barbtries Thursday #15

I would tell the that, since this is an issue, all employees need to have a list created. OldBaldy1701E Thursday #16

Or make it fun. Ask them to google "Geddy Lee and baseball" ms liberty Thursday #17

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

Attorney - Get An Attorney Now - You're Being Targeted And Attacked MayReasonRule Thursday #19

Geddy Lee Tadams01KC Thursday #20

How old is the person who complained about this? 3catwoman3 Thursday #38

Wow. I would be giddy about that, particularly now ms liberty Thursday #97

Interesting FHRRK Thursday #22

Just tell them you didn't realize a trip to KC was so controversial. xmas74 Thursday #24

For God's sake, don't tell them what NAACP stands for. nt chowmama Thursday #25

I was just thinking the same thing. So silly Callie1979 Thursday #43

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ... aggiesal Thursday #57

The implication is that the person who got yorkster Thursday #70

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

Depends though Mosby Thursday #96

Give them a link to the Negro Leagues malaise Thursday #28

Have a screen shot of their website with the title and logo of the museum JT45242 Thursday #30

I was reported for using "SNAFU" in an email Ponietz Thursday #32

Situation Normal, all fouled up... Wounded Bear Thursday #36

Wait til they learn "niggardly" kiri Thursday #39

I have stopped using that word because it's too easily misunderstood. yardwork Thursday #47

Years ago I used the word "niggardly" during a meeting to describe a low-ball settlement offer. sop Thursday #105

Ask if you should stop donating ... JustABozoOnThisBus Thursday #40

Ask for a copy of the company policy that forbids the word n/t Shrek Thursday #44

Poor HR gulliver Thursday #45

I agree that the lying snitch is not to be trusted. yardwork Thursday #49

THIS is the kind of nonsense the RW loves to point out. Callie1979 Thursday #48

The RW causes this kind of situation more often than not. yardwork Thursday #51

You might keep your mind open to the possibility.... 70sEraVet Thursday #50

Snitching to HR is never a good faith move. yardwork Thursday #54

I guess I always worked for smaller companies. 70sEraVet Thursday #67

Lie down on the floor, kick your feet, rip your clothes, and cry like a baby. hay rick Thursday #52

Whatever happens, please tell us about the outcome rurallib Thursday #55

My husband and I attended a function several years ago at this museum. mommymarine2003 Thursday #56

Many moons ago, a member of the Nixon Whitehouse 3Hotdogs Thursday #59

it was preferred by my community in my own time bigtree Thursday #60

Ignorance angrychair Thursday #61

Taken out of context "Negro" is colonial stollen Thursday #62

It sounds like you have an overactive co-worker. hamsterjill Thursday #74

Sounds like you have an Ass Kissing Republican coworker. Emile Thursday #75

I would definitely insist on an apology Grim Chieftain Thursday #76

I would just insist that they never get to mention it again. Iggo Thursday #88

Simple - Have the website of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum cued up on your phone. flashman13 Thursday #78

examples DAML Thursday #79

I remember their commercials from Saturday morning cartoons questionseverything Thursday #106

Sort of on-topic but not really Shrek Thursday #82

That's funny. I was reported here for something kind of like that (but not really.) Iggo Thursday #83

Outrage Factory hard at work at your place of employment. n/t flvegan Thursday #84

Counterclaim that the displayed denial of a named business denotes a racism against blacks. Festivito Thursday #85

Go to the web SocialDemocrat61 Thursday #86

Several years ago when I was still working, I was miffed about something that happened. MIButterfly Thursday #89

The complainant was malicious Bobstandard Thursday #90

There are no facts, only interpretations. Nietzsche Ping Tung Thursday #91

Ask everyone at the meeting if they know what NAACP stands for. johnp3907 Thursday #93

Cool story. Mosby Thursday #94

There seems to be some confusion in this thread. And... LAS14 Thursday #95

Cool story! Mysterian Thursday #98

What a cool story! obamanut2012 Thursday #99

I am so tired of stupid people who can't mind their own d*** business FoxNewsSucks Thursday #100

Get a lawyer, get a lawyer, document everything, get a lawyer, and document everything. unblock Thursday #101

is there an official record of this, er, UTTER NONSENSE Skittles Thursday #102

Show up with an attorney. Just like talking to the cops. Hotler Thursday #103

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