Quick Write - What are your experiences with prejudice/ bias /racism at work? by Melinda O'Brien https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m Getting Real About Who We Are..... en-us 2018-09-07 18:51:17 UTC 2018-09-13 20:18:24 UTC hello@padlet.com Jill https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281036242 I am sensitive to old-fashioned sayings that I’ve heard colleagues say, possibly not realizing they can be derogatory to a group of people like...
"The natives are getting restless.”
"He was gypped.” ]]> 2018-09-13 19:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281036242 Mary Beth https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281036374 I was working for the state roads (surveyor) summer of my senior year in college. (Gotta pay some way!). I worked with all men/guys. There were many times I felt uncomfortable or was assigned something because I was a woman. Fortunately I’m a “Hinkle Girl”

]]> 2018-09-13 19:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281036374 https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281036595 I was on an interview Committe for a non profit and the applicant failed to make eye contact with me or my colleague, a person of color. I pointed this out to the other 2 white, male committee members]]> 2018-09-13 19:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281036595 Several years ago working in a factory I was accused of being the "rich, white, privileged girl" when I had finally bought my first car because I needed it for work. This was at a time when I had very little money and was scraping together money to eat. https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281037095 2018-09-13 19:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281037095 https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281037141 I was working at a job and because I was a women wasn’t given certain duties because I wouldn’t be able to handle it. ]]> 2018-09-13 19:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281037141 hipps https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281037214 I worked for an automotive repair and maintenance shop, and since I was a woman, most customers did not even want to work with me. Even though I had gone through all the necessary training, and probably cared about my job and customers more than others who worked there, they assumed that since I was a woman, I had no knowledge or skills to get the job done.]]> 2018-09-13 19:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281037214 While working at a retail job some of my male co-workers felt that it was their job to go above and beyond to explain to me how to do various tasks. From telling me how to scan specialty coupons to lifting ‘heavy’ objects. https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281037670 2018-09-13 19:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281037670 https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281037742 Two students had been making racially motivated comments behind my back while teaching. Another student finally told another teacher who then came and told me. It was expressed by the students that the comments being made towards me were taught and usual language used at home. ]]> 2018-09-13 19:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281037742 meeting obrienm1 https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281037788 Sitting in a meeting where one of the participants would speak to all of the males at the table, but did not speak or make eye contact with me

]]> 2018-09-13 19:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281037788 Jill https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281052989 I hear people talking about the “Mexicans” moving in. In reality, the migrants are not all Mexican. Also, they don’t all speak Spanish. There are many indigenous language still alive.]]> 2018-09-13 20:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/obrienm1/3uukuibi8l2m/wish/281052989