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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
Or maybe the fact I wont take up a complaint with HR is kind of the same reason there is are no black or Asian people working at the company (in the last few years there have been 6 or 8 black guys/girls working there but none stayed)... Ive never noticed overt racism but then again perhaps I dont notice it cos it isnt against me.
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I think you probably hit the nail on the head with that last point. I'm pretty sure that if someone had shouted "Kike!" that you would now be the star of a viral video with less-intelligent-than-average comments on Youtube, and even those of us who don't particularly approve of violence would be rooting for you.
A few weeks ago at the MLK symposium at work, one of our professors asked the audience what we thought of various groups working together, and my response was that everyone who is the target of discrimination is best off standing shoulder-to-shoulder and declaring with a united voice that intolerance in any form is unacceptable. The intolerance in the UK is different from what we see in the US, but it's no less real and no more acceptable. If you think you can bring it up to HR without fear of retribution or alienation, do it. If not, I hope you can at least be a positive influence on your coworkers.