A place on the tree
Being Black in a workplace where coworkers express racist views
1 person has stood here
Does this feel close to something you’ve lived? Tell your own part. What you tell becomes one page, yours to keep.
The situation
Hearing coworkers express racist beliefs while working as a Black person can make the workplace feel hostile, isolating, and unsafe even when the remarks are not addressed directly to you.
What it’s like
Remaining because leaving is not financially possible can turn each shift into an ongoing burden.
Nearby on the tree
- Being targeted by rumors at work1
- Feeling trapped in exhausting work because of financial pressure2
- Leaving a career because the pay no longer covered living costs1
- Being rejected by a coworker after expressing personal feelings1
- Losing a trusted ally at work and facing decisions alone1
- Feeling like an outsider in a new workplace1
Only the place shows here. What people told stays theirs.
