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Were they afraid we were planning a coup d'etat?
I spent my first summer during Columbia Law School at a firm in Philadelphia described as one of the best places in the city for black lawyers. I believed that if there was any place where I would have an equal chance at opportunities, be treated fairly and succeed, this would be it. There were three black female summer associates out of sixty that year but any time all three of us were in an office talking, one of the partners would knock on the door to see how we were doing. It happened too often to be a coincidence that sometimes we would purposely agree to meet in so-and-so's office to test our theory that we were being monitored. Like clock work, ten minutes after we would get together a partner would stop by.
Racist jokes do not equate to light banter
- Workplace Unfairness
- Female
- Latino/a or Hispanic
- Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations
- Bad Boss
- Jokes
In my last job, I was constantly subject to listening to borderline racist comments/jokes by our manager. It was disguised as "light banter" in regards to work related subject matters at our Hispanic television station. The manager was eventually fired for inappropriate behavior.