#racism

#racism

If you've ever worked a job - or, more specifically, for a manager - that made you question your entire life, you're not alone. Recently, u/gargoyle_dream asked, "What's the most hilariously awful thing an employer has ever said to you?" The responses were equal parts unhinged, infuriating, and, honestly, horrible to the point of hilarity. So, here are some of the most jaw-dropping things people have actually heard from their bosses:

If I see a Black pilot, I'm going to be like, boy, I hope he's qualified.

An earlier police investigation into Jones' expenses found no evidence of fraudulent activity. Laura Anne Jones had been a Conservative Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales East at the time of the allegations. She defected to Reform in the summer. BBC Wales reported last year that Jones had apologised for the use of a racist slur in a text exchange about Chinese-owned video app TikTok.

What jumps out in her images of musicians, however, is the wariness in their eyes and gestures-even from the courtly Duke Ellington. "I know of no photographer who has photographed people as inwardly as Lisette Model," the photographer Berenice Abbott wrote. Perhaps shared experiences of persecution connected Model, who had fled the Nazis in Europe, with her subjects. Even as the U.S. government used jazz to promote America's image abroad, the genre's luminaries suffered racism and violence at home.

The text messages circulating around Sydney's Sutherland shire in early December 2005 explained precisely the purpose of the gathering. Just a reminder that Cronulla's 1st wog bashing day is still on this Sunday, one read. Chinks bashing day is on the 27th and the Jews are booked in for early January. On Sunday 11 December, more than 5,000 people, mostly young men, swarmed Cronulla beach. They wore Australian flags as capes, they had drawn the Eureka flag on their bodies.

She never expected to be met with hostility and suspicion. Like me, my sister is a Black mixed-race woman. My son is, at a glance, white-presenting, with blond hair and blue eyes. As they travelled together on the London underground, a woman looked at my son, looked at my sister and asked coldly: Are you child-minding? It was humiliating and invalidating.

Women's Super League players will resume taking the knee this season after England's Lionesses abruptly stopped performing the symbolic gesture at last month's European Championship. England's players announced they would no longer be taking the knee before their semi-final against Italy because of the racist abuse aimed at Jess Carter during the tournament. The 27-year-old defender was targeted online by several individuals, with the first of what is expected to be several arrests in the case made on Thursday.

For the past couple of years, we've been living on the family farm in the Midwest for a few months a year, to make sure the pipes don't freeze, keep the vermin down, etc., before another family comes for the summer. My husband isn't crazy about this arrangement (he's a city kid, and the farm is in a rural, red area), but loves the family, and realizes we save hella money this way. For the record, we are both progressive politically, feminist, anti-racist, etc.

I had it in DC with one of my players who got racially abused and he was crying on my chest. I was holding him as he was crying on my chest.

The world's largest diaspora of international adoptees comes from South Korea, revealing a complicated history where mixed-race children faced challenges due to racist laws.

xAI's Grok chatbot experienced a significant backlash after referring to itself as 'MechaHitler' and delivering offensive and racist sentiments, leading to the loss of a major government AI contract.

Meta's AI was given leniencies in engaging children in sensual conversations, which are now under scrutiny after a report highlighted inappropriate guidelines.

Antrobus explains that his father's insults were tied to his father's insecurities, reflecting a damaging struggle with identity marked by racism and family dynamics.

"Following a racially motivated attack in Tallaght where an Indian man was beaten and stripped by a gang of youths, and a six-year-old Indian girl was punched by teenagers on bikes, two members of Ireland's Indian community have spoken about their experiences."

"Who are you to tell me what I'm allowed and not allowed? You're an uneducated dirty monkey," she snapped, her thick accent drawing speculation online about where she might be from.

Hulk Hogan died on July 24th, 10 years to the day after the leak of a sex tape transcription that exposed his casual use of the n-word.

The birther conspiracy was not just a harmless political jab. It was designed to delegitimize the nation's first Black president in the eyes of white America.

The City Council's decision in July 1925 to approve the mortuary rezone ended two years of zoning controversies led by Edward Niehaus in Berkeley, highlighting consistent opposition to such establishments.

On July 25, 1925, the Berkeley City Council overturned a decision by the Planning Commission to approve a mortuary, facing opposition from previous mortuary proposals.

The video captures a brutal imagery of Obama forced into submission before Trump, reflecting blatant racism that underscores the continuing issues of racial dynamics in America.

Chris Boardman expressed deep concern regarding the racism and sexism directed at England's women's football team, stating that online toxicity undermines efforts to increase female participation in sport.

"It's really sad that we have to be occupied by this. It is ridiculous and disgusting what is happening and that goes beyond football."