I was reported to HR for using the word Negro in a perfectly appropriate context

[Mark.b2]

110. My company's HR, now called "People", is the most overhead-iest of all overhead...

functions in the whole damn company. They contribute little but cost to the bottom line and do their damnedest to insert themselves daily into those of us running the business. Every day, there’s at least one email about “employee resource groups”, the start of some component of the months long evaluation process, talent reviews, policy updates, required manager training, open enrollment, nine-box assessments, leadership training micro-session, and on and on. And I rarely hear from the same person. It’s always someone with yet a different “sandbox.”

I long for the days of when you’d hear from “Personnel” a couple times a year for employee evals and open enrollment.

I’d probably lose my you-know-what if I received a call from HR like you did. HR should have dealt with the busy-body, thin-skinned co-worker directly rather than drag you in.