This is a short article on the topic of race and discrimination in the work place. I wrote it for a story to have a discussion panel for a LinkedIn writer….
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This is a short article on the topic of race and discrimination in the work place. I wrote it for a story to have a discussion panel for a LinkedIn writer…. C.L Feb 20, 2020·3 min read

Wow! Such an impressive great topic to write, think and speak about! We need to. This writing is in a partial segmented story!

I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 2012 and believe me I was highly discriminated against at the workplace. One day after performing a work task I heard the employees talking smack about me. As I sat down a Gwen Stefani song came on at the same time called Holla Back and I just laughed right out loud!

They got quiet after that as I sang along to the song. It was a true Hollywood entrance. “I heard that you were talking shit and you didn’t think that I would hear it!” I’ll never forget it and funny as all get out too! Which seemed to be my staple play.

It was utter fate, and no other then perfect timing!

Working with me was a Latino young man, a Hindi woman, a Jewish girl and a Latina supervisor. I was somewhere in the middle as I am a White and Latina mixed woman. There was also another young man who was somewhere in the middle too, being half Persian and half Jewish. And then came along a Scandinavian young lady after me that was planted at a desk with way less running around to do then me.

I was the oldest employee just underneath the age of our supervisor or perhaps a couple years older.

I learned to ignore them all when they were rotten. Many things I could have gone to supervisor about but I’m loyal and didn’t want waves and in truth I liked the little rascals.

Then it became too much as my illness got more severe and I had enough of their bully tactics, including the supervisor’s uncaring demeanor.

My work station was always clean and I did the best job I could with the onset of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

One day I heard myself say to a customer “see you next time.” And that was the end, and my final decision to quit working myself to death running back and forth for a company that didn’t appreciate me or my illness. I quit just a week after I heard those words sink into my ears like a rotten tomato movie.

I was able to get unemployment and get reimbursed for several missed meal periods after much havoc to my system such as hypoglycemia, and other autonomy system failures I don’t care to mention.

Regardless, of my inability to get back to work right away I started my journey writing and researching my illness fervently. I became well enough to get back to work after quitting what did not serve my body any longer. My vice has had to become “on occasions.”

My story has less to do with race and more to do with discrimination. However, it is time that we talk about this race issue being that we are all here with every single culture in the center melting pot of America with many ranks in the rainbow.

Simply put, some of us are just not understood and we need to be able to communicate better across the board with respect given and respect received no matter the rank, if a business wants less turn around. Unless it is just work for the use of turn em and burn em employment. Be aware that there are jobs out there like that and it is up to you, the individual to recognize it!

However, I do believe it starts in the home and having more followers then leaders to fit in verses stand out due to being afraid of not being cool, so they follow the wrong lead. More importantly the leaders, supervisors, and management have to recognize what atmosphere they are allowing in the workplace and discipline it when they see it arise immediately.

P.S. Hope this helped your topic! My stories are often lightly funny as well as true on some events that have taken place.

Cheers!