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a few weeks ago, my white supervisor and i went for a walk. while walking, she told me about an encounter with a coworker we both find frustrating to deal with. she told me this woman had come to her office, tossed something on her desk and asked her to make
a copy of it.

then she said..."i hope you aren't offended or anything"...BUT

"i thought to myself, i'm not your N*(&%^!"

this woman supervises me, two other black woman, and an asian woman. she is 58 years old, 9 years older than me.

i handled the situation thusly: i glared at her, and she got the message. then i spoke to the HR director off the record so this incident would be unofficially on the record. the HR director, a black man, asked me what i wanted him to do, and i said: nothing. this woman had my back in a few sticky situations, so i told him i wanted to let this incident pass. and i did. but i went to him...in case it happens again.

i feel no need to educate this woman...she knows better...and whatever loyalty i felt i owed her was paid when she made that comment.

i am now documenting anything remotely questionable that she says, and if she using another racial slur, i will make sure she gets fired.