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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 3810278" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>I’m a white guy. I’m not offended by the costume; I think it’s kinda funny. Despite my morbid sense of humor, I recognize that it’s incredibily distasteful and designed to offend. She didn’t wear the costume to a private party amongst her closest friends... she wore it into the workplace, in front of her black coworkers who were understandably upset and took to social media to vent. If you still don’t get it, I’m not going to sugar coat it — you’re an idiot.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and “hostile work environment” is a term UPS and the Teamstets like to throw around. When I started as a Preloader nearly 19 years ago, I worked in an all white, small, suburban facility. One peak season UPS hired a black guy and he became subjected to racist jokes - monkey nosies, Ebonics, fried chicken jokes, questions about his junk, etc. NONE of these guys were racist... just ignorant. But understandably, the black dude wasn’t comfortable coming into work anymore = hostile work environment. Surprisingly, he did not sue or anything like that, but UPS responded by closing our small center down. Switching to one of the largest Preloads in the country was anything but fun...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 3810278, member: 43436"] I’m a white guy. I’m not offended by the costume; I think it’s kinda funny. Despite my morbid sense of humor, I recognize that it’s incredibily distasteful and designed to offend. She didn’t wear the costume to a private party amongst her closest friends... she wore it into the workplace, in front of her black coworkers who were understandably upset and took to social media to vent. If you still don’t get it, I’m not going to sugar coat it — you’re an idiot. Oh, and “hostile work environment” is a term UPS and the Teamstets like to throw around. When I started as a Preloader nearly 19 years ago, I worked in an all white, small, suburban facility. One peak season UPS hired a black guy and he became subjected to racist jokes - monkey nosies, Ebonics, fried chicken jokes, questions about his junk, etc. NONE of these guys were racist... just ignorant. But understandably, the black dude wasn’t comfortable coming into work anymore = hostile work environment. Surprisingly, he did not sue or anything like that, but UPS responded by closing our small center down. Switching to one of the largest Preloads in the country was anything but fun... [/QUOTE]
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