Is this racist......?
After some fellow co-workers of mine told my boss that they were having major problems at a school that we provide teaching services to, my boss did a site visit to see for herself. One of the teachers pointed out that a students burped in her face. The student was white but dressed in urban gear and had golds/a grill. My boss asked him to come over and apologize. As he was walking away she whispered, "That's what you call a wigger." Now, I wasn't there, and I know she wouldn't have said it around me cuz i am african-american, but she did say it to my hispanic co-worker and if you didn't know, hispanics come in all colors. Any place other than Miami, my hispanic co-worker can pass for white, but her brother which has the same mother and father looks black, and she was very offended. The other employee is a white girl and she said it made her feel so uncomfortable to hear something like that? What do you think? I can tell of countless other sayins that my boss says....
We live in the land of the perpetually offended. Anything you say will be considered racist by somebody somewhere.
Team Cornell and the 2007 Urban Challenge: Research, Results and Next Steps
