https://padlet.com/wilson77/fltasit2 On a visit to the Social Security Administration (SSA) office in a rural area during her first month in the U.S., a Fulbright Fellow who wears a headscarf receives noticeably unfriendly service from the SSA representative. The representative’s tone is curt and dismissive, and they become visibly irritated when they find an error on the SSN application form. The representative permits the Fulbrighter to correct the error and submit the application, but she is shaken by this experience and suspects that she received poor service because of her appearance and accent. en-us 2019-08-08 14:06:31 UTC 2021-07-12 00:23:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/wilson77/fltasit2/wish/373787614 She can share it with other FLTAs or anyone from university circle. It can be healing for her.]]> 2019-08-08 20:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/wilson77/fltasit2/wish/373787614 https://padlet.com/wilson77/fltasit2/wish/373787726 Share what happened with peers
Accept cultural differences and do not take things too personal
Talk with your supervisor ]]> 2019-08-08 20:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wilson77/fltasit2/wish/373787726 https://padlet.com/wilson77/fltasit2/wish/373787741 We felt that was not a lot that the TA could do if the worker decides to be biased. Maybe the TA could speak to a colleague of he/she is feeling upset. If the service was really dreadful the TA could make a formal complaint to the SSA office.]]> 2019-08-08 20:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/wilson77/fltasit2/wish/373787741 https://padlet.com/wilson77/fltasit2/wish/373787743 If the behavior is repeated I will report it.]]> 2019-08-08 20:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/wilson77/fltasit2/wish/373787743