I usually get along with just about everyone I work with and if I don't I usually don't make much of it. Recently though we hired a guy who turned out to be fairly racist. This took me by surprise more than usual because the guy is African American. At first I didn't think much of what he said. He talked a fair amount about disliking the fact that the company had been bought out by the Japanese and disliking all the jobs that are outsourced overseas. This in and of itself didn't mean anything but I started to get a bit uncomfortable after a while so I decided to talk with him about the subject a bit and see where it went. That's when he mentioned the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour, 'once you invite someone into your back yard', 'got to watch your back' etc etc... paranoid sounding stuff. I've also noticed that he belittles many of our other employees, who are largely Asian. Once I mentioned that I was 1/2 Chinese he stopped talking about that stuff with me. I'm guessing since I don't look 1/2 Asian he felt he could mention these things with me. I believe that our manager is considering firing the guy, not for these reasons but because he's a slow worker and not catching on. I'm not trying to argue that African Americans can't be racist but whenever I encounter it in someone who is non-Caucasian I'm always thrown for a loop. Anyone else have similar experiences?
I'm not trying to argue that minorities are racist and get away with it, I know those responses are coming. The guy just comes across as extremely ignorant to me. I has other problems with his job and life in general I think. He's probably just another guy who blames his problems on others. He's slow as hell and takes forever to lean his job but tends to blame others for these problems.
Update:
Well that's the end of that. He didn't show up for work today, no warning, no call just didn't show up. He called in sick yesterday and I found someone to cover for him but asked him to come in today if he could. Looks like he finally got fed up and got a job somewhere else.
I'm not trying to argue that minorities are racist and get away with it, I know those responses are coming. The guy just comes across as extremely ignorant to me. I has other problems with his job and life in general I think. He's probably just another guy who blames his problems on others. He's slow as hell and takes forever to lean his job but tends to blame others for these problems.
Update:
Well that's the end of that. He didn't show up for work today, no warning, no call just didn't show up. He called in sick yesterday and I found someone to cover for him but asked him to come in today if he could. Looks like he finally got fed up and got a job somewhere else.